Students' Motivation in Learning English: A Case Study in High Achiever Students (A Qualitative Research at Second Grade of Darul Ulum Senior High School)

High achiever students are well-known by their great academic capability. These students not just good in their academic life, but also have outstanding ability in mastering English. This study is conducted in order to investigate the motivation of high achiever students in learning English and to know how high achiever students maintain their motivation in learning English. This study is a qualitative research, which employs case study approach. There are five second grade students of MAS Darul Ulum Banda Aceh to be participant for this study. Data were collected by conducting interview.
The result of this study showed that the students are highly motivated in learning English. It is showed that those high achiever students have several reasons to learn English. Most students told the researcher that, their motivation in learning English are: to communicate in English well, to utilize their capability in speaking English to help each other, to urge other students to practice English, to pursue their study abroad and they like the language very much. In maintaining their motivation in learning English, those high achiever students maintain their motivation trough set of goals, plans and motivation/ encouragement from surrounded and students’ strategy to keep motivated in learning English and the other subjects is focus. Focus is major things to do while in English learning process and other subjects as well.
Keywords: Motivation, Learning English, High Achiever Students