The motivation in learning English of adolescent students

Abstract

This research aims to find out the ways the adolescent students of SEMC became motivated to learn English. The data is collected by taking semi-structured interviews of 12 adolescent students of that institution. Moreover, the interview of one of the teachers as well as the notes of class observations are used as data for this research. From the interview of the students, it was found that students were both instrumentally and interactively motivated to learn English but the intensity of their integrative motivation was stronger. Besides, most of the students were motivated by their family members, friends, society and teachers, although some motivated themselves to learn English. Additionally, from the class observations, it was found that the teacher made the classes engaging but did not consider whether the students enjoyed the way he taught or not.