The thesis focuses on English language learning motivation from the mentor teachers’ point of view. The paper examines the motivation of students in the English lessons and how mentor teachers can influence this motivation within their learners and how their opinion and experience are related to the literature. This aim can be reached with the help of the interviews of primary and secondary school mentor teachers. Moreover, it looks back to the situation of ten and twenty years ago and reveals the differences and similarities of the context of the past and the present. The paper also deals with the teacher trainees’ motivation and level of qualification through the eyes of the teachers.