Motivation is an important factor for successful learning. However, the teaching methods, activities, strategies and content influence in the development and direction of students’ motivation. With a narrative approach which categorizes the experiences of each of the participants; supported by a quantitative approach, by showing quantitative data to have a broad view of the data collected. This research study collects the opinions of 4 participants from the University of Guanajuato who take English language classes as a graduation requirement showing that language learning approaches reflect an important effect on students’ motivation being a complement to the learning objectives. Thus, increasing the motivation of the students to continue with the process of acquiring and learning a second language.