STUDENTS’ MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS IN WRITING ESSAY

  • Hernina Dewi Lestari IKIP Budi Utomo Malang
Keywords: motivational factors, writing, essay

Abstract

This study aims at discovering the possible motivational factors affecting English Department students in writing essay. Employing descriptive qualitative mode of research, the researcher tried to figure out the concerning factors especially the motivational areas which possibly became the major support and/or hindrance for the students to write essay. To meticulously note down the result, the researcher made use of unstructured interview as the method of collecting the data. The result found teacher’s overall performance, peers’ performance, parent’s involvement, and classroom ambience as the dominant motivational factors affecting students’ performance in writing essay. Future researchers are suggested to study the more specific areas of motivational factors affecting students in writing essay to get better and deeper understanding.

Published
2019-02-27
How to Cite
Lestari, H. (2019). STUDENTS’ MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS IN WRITING ESSAY. Journey: Journal of English Language and Pedagogy, 2(1), 67-71. https://doi.org/10.33503/journey.v1i2.321
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