Abstract
The motivation will drive the EFL learners to be successful in reading. This study examined the Indonesian EFL learners’ motivation in reading activity based on Deci and Ryans’ theory of motivation including intrinsic and extrinsic. This study employed mixed-method design. The data obtained by distributing questionnaire and arranging the group interviewed. The subject of the study involved 42 freshmen students of English department, the faculty of humanities at Jember University in the academic year 2015-2016. The results found that both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations have significant contribution in motivating the learners to read the English text. The intrinsic motivation played the important role in students’ reading activities. Besides, the extrinsic motivation found the teacher’s role as the learners’ motivator in reading the English text through their method implemented in the reading class.
Highlights
IntroductionThe reader can enrich their knowledge, broaden their views and make them understand many things about the world (Johnson & Morrow, 1987)
Reading is the most convenient and cheapest way to obtain information
This study examined the Indonesian EFL learners’ motivation in reading activity based on Deci and Ryans’ theory of motivation including intrinsic and extrinsic
Summary
The reader can enrich their knowledge, broaden their views and make them understand many things about the world (Johnson & Morrow, 1987). It is one of the important objectives of learning. The activity of reading can provide many benefits for students such as information, pleasure, and knowledge. In this way, the students read but they are able to comprehend the written text of reading materials given from books, magazines, newspaper, and science and technology (Rivers, 1981)
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