pride in developing and using their problem-solving skills and strive to be creative when confronted with obstacles. They learn from their experience.
d. Power Motivation
It is the drive to influence people and change situations. Power motivated people wish to create an impact on their organization and are willing to
take risks to do so. e.
Attitude Motivation Attitude motivation is how people think and feel. It is their self
confidence, their belief in themselves, their attitude to life. It is how they feel about the future and how they react to the past.
f. Incentive Motivation
It is where a person or a te am reaps a reward From an activity. It is “You
do this and you get that”, attitude. It is the types of awards and prizes that drive people to work a little harder.
g. Fear Motivation
Fear motivation coercions a person to act against will. It is instantaneous and gets the job done quickly. It is helpful in the short run.
5. The Forms of Motivation
There are ten forms of motivation 10 stimulating students‟ motivation
as follows:
a. Mark
Mark is important because it symbolized students‟ learning activities. A good mark is usually a strong motivation to the students. It obtains the
higher motivation the students‟ possess. b.
Reward Reward is useful to motivate students. However, it does not work for some
students. c.
Competition Competition can trigger students to learn English in order to get a good
result in their study. They can realize their weakness and strength in English.
d. Ego-involvement
Ego-involvement makes the students realize how important their duty or their assignment is. They can do it well, they will be proud of it. It will
make the students motivated to do better. e.
Test Usually, the students will study more when they will face a test.
f. Knowing the Result
Knowing the result of the students‟ study will be motivated to improve their study, in this case their writing skill.
g. Praise
Praise is one of an effective and positive reinforcement to motivate and improve students‟ spirit, energy, and awareness in learning English.
h. Punishment
Punishment can be effective to motivate the students if the teachers understand the principles in giving it to their students. Besides, it can be
said as a negative reinforcement if the teachers do not understand how to use it in order to motivate and improve the students‟ self-esteem.
i. Motivation
There are four things that can be done to evolve motivation as follows: 1
Triggering needs 2
Relating motivation to the students‟ prior knowledge 3
Giving opportunities to obtain a good result 4
Applying a various teaching techniques j.
Goals If the students understanding the goals clearly, they will be triggered to
study continuously to achieve the goals, in this case, their English writing skill Sardiman, 1994: 01.
6. The Functions of Motivation
Sardiman 1994: 85 explains that there are three functions of motivation as follows:
a. An impetus
Motivation as an impetus means it triggers students to take their actions to achieve the goals.
