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This study examined teachers’ motivational strategies and academic performance of students in English language in the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism in Bagauda, Kano State. Two specific research objectives were formulated to guide the study. The research design was Ex-post-Facto. 100 respondents comprising levels 1 and 2 of diploma students in the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism were randomly selected for the study, using simple random sampling technique. The instrument known as “Teachers Motivational Strategies Questionnaire, (TMSQ).” was used to collect the data. The instrument (TMSQ) was subjected to reliability test, using test-retest method and it produced high average reliability coefficient of 0.85 to justify the use of the instrument. The findings revealed that teachers’ offer of incentives and provision of timely feedback to students have significant relationship with students’ academic performance in English language. It was concluded that teachers’ motivational strategies have significant relationship with academic performance of students in English language in the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism in Bagauda, Kano State. Among others, it was recommended that teachers should always encourage their students by not relenting efforts at all in giving incentives to students and providing them with timely feedbacks in order to motivate them for more commitment, focus and better academic performance in the given subject.