2.2.2.2 Source of Motivation
Motivation can be possessed wherever students are. Harmer said that the students acquire motivation with the some condition. They can be from:
1 The society we live in: the condition of school environment brings students
motivation, is there good or bad? It determines studen ts‟ motivation continues
or not. 2
Significant others: it looks from the culture around students‟ life. The students‟ attitude also can be influenced for their success.
3 The teacher: the factor has the important role of students‟ motivation.
Enthusiasm of learning English is dependent with the teacher atmosphere in classroom.
4 The method: the effective method affect for students‟ motivation in learning
English. Every student wants to learn enjoy and interesting. How teacher apply the appropriate method to make their students have the enjoyment
condition of learning English. If students have the positive motivation, it will influence for students‟ achievement.
2.2.2.3 Strategies for Increasing Motivation
Motivation is the enthusiasm by students for doing something to get their desire. They totally do activity for reaching the highest result. If the students have high
motivation, it will affect their achievement in teaching and learning. Therefore, the students should have motivation to improve their achievement in learning.
Motivation can be possessed in students‟ environment. Environment is one
of the conditions that can support students to improve motivation. Allwright
1977 in Harmer 2015: 52 stated that teacher has the responsibilities for
increasing and directing the motivation of the students. Teacher should have the innovative teaching method for the students. Teacher can make the enjoyable
condition for the students to stimulate students‟ motivation in learning English. Many strategies can increase the motivation of the students. According to
Allwright 1977 in Harmer 2015: 52, there are three areas to influence students‟
motivation: 1
Goals and Goal Setting Goal is purpose of people to reach target. There are two types goals, long
term and short term goal. For learning English, teacher needs to explain for the students about the long term goal and the short term goal. The long term
goals of learning English are the students should master four skills of English, the students pass English exam, the possibility of getting better job in the
future if mastering English, etc. On the other hand, the short term goals of learning English are the students
have ability to partake discussion, the students can succeed to write an essay, the students learn foreign language, the students have progress of test at the
end of week, etc. For the short term goals, the teacher needs to help the students, so the students are going to have motivation significantly.
2 Learning Environment
The physical appearance and emotional atmosphere should be made in an actual classroom for learning English. The teacher can design an attractive
classroom with a visual material. To create the classroom atmosphere, the
teacher can use music to make it. Both of them are going to help the students get their motivation of learning English.
3 Interesting Classes
The topics and the activities taught in the classroom will be interesting for the students. Both of them are going to improve the motivation of students.
From the explanation of motivation, source of motivation, and strategies for increasing motivation, the researcher used those theories to improve students‟
motivation. Motivation can be possessed from students around. The source of motivation is from the society students live in, significant other, teacher, and
method that sustain English learning. All of sources give influence of students‟ interest, especially in writing. To improve motivation, the teacher should have
strategies. The teacher should explain the goal of learning English. The teacher makes learning atmosphere and interesting classes enjoyable for studying. The
facilities are going to create the students‟ writing well. Those conditions above
make the students ‟ motivation improve in writing narrative texts.
2.2.3 Writing
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