Extrinsic Motivation Influencing Vocational Students’ English Achievement on Hunting Bule Before and During Pandemic

Abstract

Abstract Motivation drives learners to achieve their goals of learning including vocational students with work-oriented study. External pressures, expectation or rewards pose different challenge when it comes to pandemic situation. This study fills gap by examining vocational students’ elements of extrinsic motivation before and during Covid-19 strike to accomplish final task to interview English natives and their effects on final achievement. Respondents were vocational students (n=75) participated in English class for two semesters in a row (before and during pandemic). Students’ motivations on doing “Hunting Bule” before (x1) and during (x2) pandemic were measured. Data were later analyzed using variance and interpretation. External motivation before and during pandemic are proven to give contribution to the final score. However, some factors in one variable seemed to outperform the other in vice versa. Technology using is considered both motivational and demotivational for students during the pandemic, yet is good to accelerate education industry 4.0.