Remove Class Students’ Motivation in Learning Malay Language Essay Writing – A Case Study

Abstract

Motivation is one of the key elements that encourage of non-native speaking students in learning the Malay language as a second language. Thus, the aim of this study is to identify motivation of remove class students who study Malay language as a second language. This study is focused on the aspect of Malay language writing essays. This research employed quantitative methodology which is a case study involving a total of 50 remove class students were chosen from a secondary school in the rural area from the district of Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan and purposive sampling method was used for this study. They are consisting of 25 Chinese students and the other 25 of Indian students. Questionnaire was used as the main instrument which consist of 13 items to collect data. Data collection was analysed using SPSS software Version 16 to collect descriptive data. The findings of this research reveals that the remove class students have high motivation level towards learning Malay language essay writing with their teacher. This proves that positive motivation can increase the level of remove class students in learning Malay language essay writing. Thus, teachers who teach Malays language must use variety of methods and techniques to motivate these students in mastering the language and their writing skills.