Students’ Perceived Impact of Reward and Punishment on Their Motivation in Learning English

Teachers can apply several techniques to improve students’ motivation in learning English. Providing reward and punishment is one ways to increase the enthusiasm and motivation of students in the learning process. The aim of this study is to find out the perception of the students on the impact of reward and punishment toward their motivation in learning English. A quantitative descriptive research was used in this study. The data was collected by distributing questionnaire directly to 95 students of SMP IT Luqmanul Hakim which used total sampling. From the questionnaire the effect of rewards on student motivation in learning English are: reward increases student’s motivation to be more active in learning English, and rewards can motivate students to repeat their achievements. Concerning with the impact of punishments on student motivation, punishments have positive and negative impact. Same like reward, punishments increase student’s motivation to study and they are responsible to do better. On the other hand, punishments can decrease students motivation. Moreover the results of the questionnaire showed that most of students perceived reward and punishment on their motivation in learning English from teachers positively. Students agreed that the impact of reward and punishment can encourage them to participate actively and to be more responsible in learning English. Additionally, it can motivate them to study harder.