MOTIVATION AND ITS IMPACT ON ESL LEARNERS

This study examined the relationship between the types of motivation in ESL students who were learning English in community colleges. The study examined what kind has more impact on ESL learners: integrative motivation or instrumental motivation. The study also explored motivation as a leadership skill of ESL instructors and the attitude ESL learners possessed toward the language. It explored the relationship between time spent learning the new language and ESL motivation. A total of 200 ESL students from two community colleges were included in this study. A t-test was used as a quantitative tool to analyze the responses of ESL students who consented to take the survey online using a link from MonkeySurvey.com. The FLLMQ is the questionnaire used in the study findings suggest a significant statistical relationship between one specific type of integrative motivation and between the attitude of ESL learners. Additionally, findings found significant statistical relationship between the years spent learning English and between ESL learners level of motivation. Future studies are recommended to examine other characteristics that can affect motivation like gender, origin, and age in Houston, Texas.