STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION OF LEARNING ENGLISH AT TEUKU UMAR UNIVERSITY

This paper investigated the students' motivation from non-English major of Teuku Umar University. This research sought out the type and the level of motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic motivation) of learners in learning English. The data were collected from students from engineering faculty and social and political science students. 70 participants who had taken an English course were selected. The instrument used open-ended questionnaires and quantitative data were applied. The data from questionnaires were analyzed by using SPS$. Based on the comparison of both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, students are extrinsically motivated to learn English. The result of this study showed that most Teuku Umar University students learning English were influenced by extrinsic motivation.