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Motivating the unmotivated has always been a challenge for teachers across the globe. The task is not unachievable.
However, when the socio cultural differences arise, imbalanced power relations take place and intrinsic professional
obligations compel, the situation becomes quite sensitive and peculiar. This paper presents a case study of a foreign teacher
(foreigners called kharjies in Arabic who are hired to work for ‘them’ hence considered the inferior identities of the ‘others’)
who took the challenge of making an uninterested group of female students read Alice in Wonderland which was not part of
their curriculum (rather of higher level of reading) in a Saudi Arabian context where the textbooks are provided free and the
government pays a stipend to the students not because they cannot afford but for the sheer reason of motivating them. This
project was carried out on entirely personal motivation and to meet the professional challenge raised in a specific context.
Wasima Shehzad. (2013) Changing Perceptions to Improve Teaching Practices, , Volume 7, Issue 1.
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