The Impact of Short Stories as an Extrinsic Reward in an Intensive Reading Environment on Learners’ Intrinsic Motivation

The present paper is pertinent to examine the long-term impact of short stories as an extrinsicreward in an intensive reading environment on learners’ intrinsic motivation, as assessed by indicators of self-reported interest. A total sample of 91 LMD students enrolled in the second year, at the Department of Letters and English Language-University of Constantine1-was allocated to twoexperimental conditions, namely the no-reward and reward condition. The major findingssubstantiated that there was a statistically significant difference between the two experimentalconditions, indicating that short stories were good incentive to enhance adult students’ intrinsicmotivation in intensive reading activities.