Amalia, Wardah Afifah. 2023. EFL Students’ Motivation in Learning English. Thesis. English Education Department, Faculty of Education. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Kediri, Advisors: (1) Nur Afifi, M. App. Ling., Ph.D and (2) Annisa Aulia Saharani, M.Pd. Keywords: EFL Students, Motivation, Learning English Motivation is one of the things that affect the success and way students in learning especially learning English. Each student has a different motivation to learn English. There are two kinds of motivation in learning English according to Gardner and Lambert (1972), namely integrative motivation and instrumental motivation. This study aims to find out dominant kind of students’ motivation in learning English and to analyze the teacher’s strategies to motivate students in learning English. This study used descriptive qualitative research method. The participants of this study are 10th language class students and an English teacher of MAS Raudlatul Muta’allimin. The researcher collected the data from questionnaire, observation, and interview. The technique of data analysis divided 3 parts: data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusion. Based on the result of questionnaire, the researcher concluded that the dominant kind of motivation of students in 10th of language class is integrative motivation with the overall mean score 3,8. Meanwhile, this study showed that the teacher used 8 motivational strategies. They are providing encouragement to students when teaching and learning process; giving appreciation, praise, rewards, and feedback for their every effort with good comments; building good communication with students from the beginning of meeting and trying to get to know them one by one; using teaching and learning methods that suit them; building what the goals of students to learn English for and do not forget to; creating a good classroom environment and study group; telling students that their teacher is not only a teacher but also a friend; and using technology and social media properly and correctly. The researcher suggests to the next researcher can maximize research to obtain more and complete results related to the dominant type of motivation students have and teacher strategies to motivate students in learning English.

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