it is discovered that the students are slightly more strongly instrumentally motivated to learn English which can answer the research question of the motivation found is more integrative or instrumental .
The students’ inclination toward instrumental motivation could be of great value for
the Institute for the enhancement through new focuses on the Institute’s English language
enhancement programs. At the same time the institute should also take into account the
potentials and strategies for the students’ integrative motivations to learn English and
ultimately improve their proficiency. It might be beneficial for the institute to implement the
on-going extra curricular language programs or activities involving both faculty members
and students to encourage interaction and enhance the exposure and the language usage.
Based on the findings of this study, the results are unique for this particular students:
i.e their high motivation in both instrumental and integrative aspects and even with a slight
dominance in instrumental motivation. Moreover, the study of students in other institutions
with largely different context may yield significantly different results. Future research should
also include more and various of institutions or universities, both international and Thai.
The research obtained the data from 30 students within a strict time limit. It is
recommended a larger sample size with a longer time frame should be extended to increase
the degree of generalization of the study and in order to make the findings more valid and
reliable.
This study does not examine motivation in English language learning of students of
other year level such as year 2 -4. It is recommended that more variety of respondents
should be studied including different year of study.
As the English learning motivation is one of the most important learning factors, the
need to determine the actual motivational situations of any students group is worthwhile. This
is for the benefit of their language-learning effectiveness and proficiency.