Students’ english learning motivation in joining TOEFL class at Language Development Centre IAIN Padangsidimpuan

Motivation has been identified as one of the factors in affecting students‟ Leaarning. However, students‟ motivation to learn English at TOEFL Class have received less attention. This research was intended to analyze students‟ English learning motivations in joining toefl class at language development centreof IAIN padangsidimpuan. The purposes of this research were to investigate the kinds of the students‟ motivation in learning English through TOEFL Class, to know the level of motivation that students have in learning English at TOEF Class and to know the solutions from the lecturer to increase students‟ motivation. The kind of this research is descriptive research conducted by using mixed method. Population of the research is the students of IAINPadangsidimpuan who studied in TOEFL class in the third generation, the sample of this research were 34 students. The data were collected through questionnaires and interview. The analysis of the data from the questionnaires was using licert scale and to analyze the data from interview was using Milles and Huberman‟s method they were reducing the data, displaying the data and taking conclusion and verification. Based on the results,the students were both have intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in learning English at TOEFL Class,in terms of the level of motivation in learninng English through TOEFL Class, students motivation can be classified into “Average level”, and in increasing or motivating the student in learning English at TOEFL Class the lecturer was often gave suggestion and advices to the students about how impportant to learn English, the lecturer also made a sharing session or making conversartion to the sudents who had problems in following TOEFL Class, the lecturer was also giving praise, reward and tasks to motivate them