The
Realtionship of Motivation with National Examination
Aouri and Zerhouni (2017: 54) Motivation
involves the attitudes and affective states that influence the degree of effort
that learners make to learn a second language. Therefore, motivation is a
crucial factor in successful language learning.
Yulia (2013: 4) In brief,
when student motivation
is good, the learning
achievement can be good as
well. Both intrinsic
and extrinsic motivation have
been used to
explain the success or
failure to fulfill
any task. In the
junior high school
context in Indonesia, students’ motivation could vary
depending on students’ perceptions
and intention of learning
a foreign language.
English for example is one of the
compulsory subjects to be taught at all levels of education. In junior
high school, if
the students are
not good at English
for the national
examination, then it is difficult
for them to continue their studies to
senior high school,
though the students’ grades are based
on both the
national examination (60 %)
and the school examination (40 %).
