To keep students motivated, consider the following strategies:

- Provide autonomy, competence, and relatedness to foster intrinsic motivation.

- Offer rewards, recognition, and feedback to boost extrinsic motivation.

- Make learning relevant, challenging, and fun through engaging teaching strategies.

- Create a positive classroom culture, stay organized, and be flexible.

- Communicate clearly, listen actively, and keep students and parents informed.

When teaching adult learners, especially in vocational settings, it's essential to first help them understand the relevance of what they're learning. Students are more likely to engage when they see how English language skills, for example, can directly benefit their future careers or everyday life.

To break the cycle of disengagement, I believe in the power of positive reinforcement and creating meaningful learning experiences. It's our responsibility as educators to spark curiosity and maintain interest in the classroom. Strategies such as ice-breakers, problem-based learning, and case-based scenarios can be highly effective in making sessions interactive and learner-centered.

We must also accept that the traditional model, where students naturally come to class motivated is becoming less common. Rather than attributing disengagement to students alone, we can focus on building an active and supportive learning environment that helps them learn efficiently.

This is a problem of addiction. The flip side of the digitosphere. Possible immediate measures :

1. Be tough : Depending on school tradition

2. Recondition by awarding participation

3.Assimilation : Re design your pedagogy to fit digital learning. Use their phones as a learning resource. In fact if they are gaming on phone structure gamification pedagogy and use the same games to teach. A tall order but doable

Number is my best. Turn what they are addicted to into a learning point