| dc.description.abstract | This study aims to identify attitude and motivation of students grade VIII
at one of schools in Yogyakarta. There were 120 students who participated as
respondents in this research. The instrument of the research was a questionnaire
AMTB (Attitude and Motivation Test Battery) adapted from Ming, Ling, and
Jaafar (2011). The design of this research is quantitative approach in a form of survey
study. The questionnaire contains 40 items, which are divided into four categories:
positive attitudes, negative attitudes, intrinsic motivation, and extrinsic
motivation. The data were analyzed by using descriptive quantitative technique. The
results of this study Researcher found that students in English class had higher
positive attitudes (M=4.21, SD=0.87) than negative attitudes (M=3.26, SD=1.11)
and higher extrinsic motivation (M=4.19, SD= 0.91) in relation to language
learning rather than intrinsic motivation (M= 4.11, SD=0.89). The data imply that
students have a positive willingness to study English. However, they need to
improve their internal motivation to enhance their learning process. These
findings imply that teachers need to design personalized classroom activities to
empower student motivation, so that students can passionately learn English. | en_US |
