Electronic Theses and Dissertation

This is a literary study about motivation in learning english which are divided into two types; intrinsic and extrinsic. this study is trying to figure out what kind of motivation gives more contribution in the success of learning a language, in this case is learning english language. in the study, the writer collects data from books, journals, articles about learning motivation from two libraries, provinsi aceh library and syiah kuala university library. the writer also browses and downloads journals, articles, online books and research reports from internet to support this literary study. after that the writer presents a discussion to analyze and concludes what kind of motivation among learners is best influential in english learning. based on many literature and sources, the writer finally draws a conclusion that from the two types of motivation, both are equally influential in english learning. the thing is that intrinsic motivation is mostly found among learners who have higher achievement in english skill, whereas the extrinsic one is mostly found among learners who have just begun to learn. it is expected that english teacher can have a fully understanding about types of motivation, especially the extrinsic one in order to help them cope with the less-motivated students which can be implemented into their teaching strategies and materials, so as the curriculum target can be fully achieved.