28 Motivation Test Battery AMTB
.
In this part, the researcher used 2 domains: degree of instrumentality and degree of integrativeness
.
Originally , Gardner’s AMTB has 12 domains; for the purpose of this
study, the researcher only used 3 domains
.
The data will be prensented in terms of the distribution of frequenciespercentages and the total means value for each
domain
.
The means are simply the average calculation of the responses with 1 point assigned for “strongly disagree”, 2 for “disagree”, 3 for “do not know”, 4 for
“agree”, 5 for “strongly agree”
.
In this part, the researcher presents the results and discussion of the questionnaire on domain 1 and 2
.
a. Domain 1: Degree of Instrumentality
Table 4.2: Frequencies, Percentages, and Mean scores for items of Domain 1
What are your reasons for learning English? item
1-4 Freq
perc Agree
Disagre e
Don’t know
Total Mea
n Std
Because it will enable me to get job easily
Freq 77
1 12
90 4
.
32
.
73 Perc
85
.
56 1
.
11 13
.
33 100
Because it will enable me to carry my tasks easily
Freq 71
11 8
90 3
.
75
.
79 Perc
78
.
89 12,22
8
.
89 100
Because it is a school requierement
Freq 58
21 11
90 3
.
57 1
.
11 Perc
64
.
45 23
.
33 12
.
22 100
Because I hope to further my education
Freq 74
3 13
90 4
.
19
.
81 Perc
82
.
23 3
.
33 14
.
44 100
Total percentage 77
.
785 9
.
995 12
.
22 100
Total 3
.
55
.
86
29 Table 4.2 illustrates that 77
.
7 of the participants are instrumentally motivated
.
Questionnaire item number 1 which receives the highest mean score 4
.
32 and percetage 85
.
56 reveals that the great majority of 1st grade students of SMK N 1 Depok Sleman learned English because it would enable them to get job
easily, while 82
.
23 of 1st grade students of SMK N 1 Depok Sleman learned English to further their education, and 78
.
89 of the participants learned English because it helps them to carry out their tasks more efficiently
.
In brief, the total mean score 3
.
55 indicates that the largest number of 1st grade students of SMK N 1 Depok Sleman learned English for instrumental reasons such as getting a job
easily, to further their education, and carry out tasks more efficiently, while item number 3 shows more than 64
.
45 learned English because it is a school requirement
.
The findings show that the students demonstrated greater emphasis on instrumental reasons for learning the English language including utilitarian e
.
g
.
enable me to get job easily and academic reasons e
.
g
.
enable me to carry my tasks more efficiently, it is a school requirement and to further my education
.
The students see the idea that English is playing a vital role in their recent or future
lives
.
This finding is consistent with Woolfolk ’s 1990: 312 view pertaining to
the need factor that can motivate students to learn
.
The needs will directly influence the instrumental motivation of the students in order to fulfill the needs
that they have
.
Gardner defines instrumental motivation as “learning a language
30 because of someone else or less clearly perceived utility it might have for the
learner Gardner, 1983, p
.
203”
.
In other words, a learner is instrumentally motivated when heshe wants to learn language “in order to pass examination, to
use it in one’s job, because the educational system requires it” Willkins, 1972, p
.
184
.
In this case, the students’ needs are in the context of utilitarian and academic needs
.
For the utilitarian e
.
g
.
enable me to get job easily matter, the students of SMK N 1 Depok agreed that it will be their advantages if they are
mastering English language since some job requires the applicant to meet certain level of English mastery measured by the TOEFL score
.
For the academic reasons e
.
g
.
enable me to carry my tasks more efficiently, it is a school requirement and to further my education the students of SMK N 1 Depok assume
that mastering English will let them to do better for their education
.
English has become the international language of science and technology; students SMK N 1
Depok have to face this fact since some of their learning sources books, internet articles, etc
.
are written in English
.
English subject has become one of the main subjects in National Examination, the need to pass this examination also play
important role for their motivation in learning English language
.
The students consider this as school requirement that they should accomplish
.
The students of SMK N 1 Depok also want to further their education by entering the university
they want
.
The entrance examination puts the English subject as one of the test
31 subjects; indeed this will lead the students to be motivated in learning the English
language
.
b. Domain 2: Degree of Integrativeness
