Students' Motivation towards Learning English During Covid-19: A Quantitative Study

This study investigates the kind of students' motivation in studying English during the Covid-19 Pandemic, whether they had intrinsic or extrinsic motivation. Random sampling was used in collecting the data. This study employed 40 master students from a population of 63 from the second semester of the English Education Study Program of one of the universities in Bandung. The data was collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using Likert-Scale and descriptive statistic SPSS. The results showed that the students have intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in learning English during the Covid-19 Pandemic, with a total mean score of intrinsic motivation 3. 07 > 2.78 for extrinsic motivation. It showed that intrinsic motivation plays a big role in succeeding the students' learning process amid the Covid-19 situation