Influence of Instrumental Motivation and Integrative Motivation on English Learning Outcomes

Sitaresmi Imaniyati Wisnuwardhani

doi:10.46336/ijeer.v2i1.235

Abstract

This research addresses students’ motivation in influncing learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is to describe the students’ condition of motivation in learning English whether it tends to be integrative or instrumental and the extent to which their motivation in learning English may influence students’ learning outcome. This research was conducted based on principles of qualitative research. The researcher conducted an online interview to collect the data. The mid-term test grade are used as the learning outcome. Data gained in the interview and Mid-term test grade were compared and then analyzed it descriptively. Population of this study are students at grade nine. It is about 29 students in a class. The result performs that students in learning English were motivated by both instrumental and integrative motivation. That is motivation to have wider social contact with target language speakers and also motivation to utilize English as a tool to gain certain goals like good grade or future goals. Based on the findings, it is suggested that the teacher should able to motivate the students’ in learning through developing his/her teaching materials concerned with integrative and instrumental motivation to motivate students’ in learning English

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Students are the center in learning process
External factors consist of facilities, teachers, teaching aids, classroom situations, materials, approaches, methods, techniques, and others. These factors play an important role in the learning process
Internal factors including the physical and psychological conditions of students are very important factors influencing learning success, because students are the center of the teaching and learning process (Mirhadizadeh, 2016)

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Students are the center in learning process. In this process students are influenced by several factors that come from inside and outside the students. External factors consist of facilities, teachers, teaching aids, classroom situations, materials, approaches, methods, techniques, and others. These factors play an important role in the learning process. Internal factors including the physical and psychological conditions of students are very important factors influencing learning success, because students are the center of the teaching and learning process (Mirhadizadeh, 2016). One of the psychological aspects of students in learning is motivation. Motivation is considered to play a major role in the learning process, because the success of all human activities is heavily influenced by the underlying motives. It can be said that motivation in learning is related to the desire to learn, this is the main basis for successful learning

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