STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH AT MADRASAH MU’ALLIMAAT MUHAMMADIYAH YOGYAKARTA
Abstract
Motivation plays an important role in learning English. By having motivation, the
students will determine a clear goal in learning English. This research aimed to
find out the students’ motivation in learning English at Madrasah Mu’allimaat
Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. The researcher used quesionnaire as the instrument
in gathering the data. The quesionnaire were given to 132 students grade XI batch
2015. The data of this research were analyzed by using descriptive statistics in
SPSS program to reveal students’ motivation in learning English at Madrasah
Mu’allimaat Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. From all the data that had been
analyzed, it was found out that the students’ motivations in learning English was
high, shown by the total means of 22.69 which was in the category of high. The
three highest motivation scores were from the items showing they want to know
anything about English, they will learn English seriously, and they learn English
because of their own willingness. These things belong to intrinsic motivation.