The Influence of Classroom Environment on Students’ Motivation in Learning English

There are a lot of different factors that could affect students’ motivation in learning. One of the example is classroom environment, the physical arrangement of classroom furniture and equipment, as well as the psychosocial and educational aspects inside the classroom. The purposes of this study are to discover the roles of classroom environment affect students’ motivation and to figure out the dominant elements of the classroom environment that greatly affect students' motivation. Therefore, qualitative approaches with a semi-structured interview were employed in this study to acquire in-depth information from 5 students at MAN Model Banda Aceh. The information gathered during the interviews was transcribed and analyzed. The findings of this study revealed that the way of classroom environment influences students' learning motivation could be seen based on the teachers' teaching style, the teachers’ personalities, the effect of the physical classroom environment, and the support from classmates. The dominant element of classroom environment that affect students’ motivation are the teachers’ teaching style and the classmates’ support. Based on the finding of this study, it was concluded that students’ motivation is greatly affected by the factors mentioned above and it is the responsibility of the teacher to implement those factors in their teaching process.