A SURVEY ON MOTIVATIONAL ORIENTATION IN LEARNING EFL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION POST GRADUATE STUDENTS OF JENDERAL SOEDIRMAN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This study investigated instrumental and integrative motivations (motivational orientation) of a group of EFL students, namely post graduate students of Public Administration in Jenderal Soedirman University. Students learned English intensively because they were projected to apply for scholarships in Burapha University in Thailand that had an MOU with Jenderal Soedirman University. Students were going to undertake a sandwiches program in Burapha University, Thailand. A motivation questionnaire was developed and distributed to 12 students consisting of 5 male and 7 females. After that, they were interviewed. It was expected that the students joined in this project would have a high motivation to learn English for a selection process. However, an instrumental motivation was found to be the main reason for the students to learn English. The motivational orientation functioned as a motivation initiator that subsequently enhanced the motivational drive in learning the target language