The Effect of English Extra Class on Students’ Motivation

This study was conducted to find out the effect of English extra class on students’ motivation at SMA 1 Seunagan. In this case, the extra class is expected to be able to provide additional material that has not been completed in the school hours and also to be able to solve the problem of students in learning English. The aim of this study is to find out the effect of English extra class on students’ motivation and to investigate factors motivating students in taking English extra class. The population in this study are the students in second grade of Senior High School 1 Seunagan, Nagan Raya. The sample are students of XI IPA 1 and XI IPA 2 classes. They were chosen by purposive sampling. This is a quantitative research that used questionnaire to collect the data. The findings of this study shows that 23% students have high motivation in learning English in the extra class and 77% students have very high motivation to learn English in the extra class. The calculation result of students motivation is 3.7, which means the second grade students at Senior High School 1 Seunagan have very high motivation in learning English in the extra class. It can be conclude that the English extra class increases students’ motivation.