An Analysis of Factors Influencing Students’ Motivation in Learning English: A Descriptive Study at Third Year Students of English Department FKIP University of Mataram in Academic Year 2016/2017

ROSIANA, FIRA (2017) An Analysis of Factors Influencing Students’ Motivation in Learning English: A Descriptive Study at Third Year Students of English Department FKIP University of Mataram in Academic Year 2016/2017. S1 thesis, Universitas Mataram.

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Abstract

The study was aimed to investigate the factors that are influencing motivation of Third Year Students of English Department FKIP University of Mataram in Academic Year 2017 in learning English. This research is a descriptive research that uses a mixed method which combines qualitative and quantitative approach. The population of this study is Non- Regular Third year students of English department, FKIP University of Mataram. 44 participants were chosen as the sample of this research. Simple Random Sampling has been done by doing lottery technique. The data was collected by using questionnaire divided into 2 parts and consisted of 38 points in total. The result showed that students were predominantly influenced by intrinsic factors. It was found that 68% of the participants motivated intrinsically by personal interest in learning English, they thought that English is important, they desire to become knowledgeable person and they were aware of their weaknesses. The result also indicates that there was a positive correlation between students’ motivation and their academic achievement. 55% of students with High academic achievement had high level of motivation; meanwhile the rest 45% of them had average motivation level. On the other hand, 53% of students with Low academic achievement had average motivation level and 47% of them had high motivation. High level of motivation was dominated by students with high academic achievement. At the same time, Low academic achievement was dominated by students with lower motivation (average motivation). In other words, the students' motivation slightly affected their learning achievement.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Keywords (Kata Kunci): Motivation, learning motivation, motivation theory, students’ motivation, factors influencing students’ motivation
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
Depositing User: Wiwin Kartikawati
Date Deposited: 03 May 2018 00:27
Last Modified: 03 May 2018 00:27
URI: http://eprints.unram.ac.id/id/eprint/3474

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