This document outlines a study on factors contributing to low intrinsic motivation for learning English among students at Kolej Poly-Tech Mara Kuantan. It introduces the topic, provides background on issues like declining motivation as students age. It establishes the problem statement around factors like motivation and desire being important for second language acquisition. The document then presents the research objectives to identify contributing factors and their relationship to motivation levels, as well as how factors can lead to low motivation. Corresponding research questions are provided along with a conceptual framework and plans for a quantitative study using a questionnaire to analyze the relationship between contributing factors and motivation levels.

1. A STUDY ON CONTRIBUTING FACTORS BEHIND
STUDENTS’ LOW LEVEL OF INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
TOWARDS ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING IN KOLEJ
POLY-TECH MARA KUANTAN
Prepared by:
MOHD JURAIMI BIN OMAR
2014928935
MASTER IN TESL (ED770)
UiTM
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2. INTRODUCTION
• Motivating students to excel in their English
lesson might be a problem to many
teachers/lecturers.
• Motivation is very important. It is the key to
learning (Dornyei, 1998)
• There are many improvements in English
lessons although the students are still showing
minimum level of intrinsic motivation
(Vannestal & Lindquist, 2011)
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3. BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH
• Many English teachers/lecturers believe that
their students lack intrinsic motivation to excel
in English learning.
• Johansson (2010) pointed out intrinsic
motivation as a factor of influence in students’
English grammar lesson.
• Dornyei (2009) indicated that students’
success in second language learning depends
on their motivation level.
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4. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
• According to Eide Neurolearning website,
students tend to lose their intrinsic motivation as
their age increases.
• It was recorded that students in 6th grade
possessed 3.0 points of intrinsic motivation level
compared to those in 9th grade who managed to
score only 2.5 points out of 3.5 scale.
• Ahmed (2014) singled out that learners’
motivation and desire are the main factor for
second language acquisition.
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5. RESEACH OBJECTIVES
The research objectives of this study are as follows:
i. To identify contributing factors behind students’
low level of intrinsic motivation in English learning
ii. To understand the relation between contributing
factors and level of intrinsic motivation
iii. To investigate how contributing factors will lead to
students’ low level of intrinsic motivation
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6. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The research questions of this study are as
follows:
i. What are the contributing factors behind students’
low level of intrinsic motivation?
ii. What is the relation between contributing factors
and students’ level of intrinsic motivation?
iii. How contributing factors can lead students to have
low level of intrinsic motivation?
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7. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Contributing
Factors
Students’ Low
Level of
Intrinsic
Motivation
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8. RESEARCH DESIGN
• This research is a quantitative research.
• This research employs a correlational
research.
• The data will be collected using questionnaire.
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9. RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS
RESEARCH QUESTIONS INSTRUMENTS
What are the contributing
factors behind students’ low
level of intrinsic motivation?
Questionnaire
What is the relation between
contributing factors and
students’ level of intrinsic
motivation?
Questionnaire
How contributing factors can
lead students to have low level
of intrinsic motivation?
Questionnaire
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10. DATA ANALYSIS
RESEARCH QUESTIONS INSTRUMENTS DATA ANALYSIS
What are the contributing factors
behind students’ low level of
intrinsic motivation?
Questionnaire Data will be analyzed to
the frequency, mean and
standard deviation.
What is the relation between
contributing factors and students’
level of intrinsic motivation?
Questionnaire Open- ended questions.
The data will be analyzed
under three main
categories:
i. Yes
ii. No
iii. Uncertain
How contributing factors can lead
students to have low level of
intrinsic motivation?
Questionnaire Open-answer questions.
Data will be analyzed and
categorized according to
answer from the
respondents.
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