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hich includes their age, year of studies as well as gender.

The second part of this chapter, 4.3, consists of data gathered from the questionnaire distributed to the students of English Language course which will help to answer the following research questions:

Are the students more intrinsically motivated or are they more extrinsically motivated in acquiring English as their second language?

To what extent, if any, do English Language male and female students in the university differ in their intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in acquiring English as a second language?

The last part of this chapter, 4.4, provides the findings from the interviews done with the students.

4.2 Respondents' Background Information

Table 4.1 provides the details of the respondents who were involved in answering the 24-item questionnaire in the survey conducted to explore the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation involved in the acquisition of English as a second language among English Language undergraduates in a private university in Malaysia. The details include gender, year of studies and age.

Table 4.1

Background information of 64 respondents
Sex
Total
Percentage (%)
Male
20
31
Female
44
69
Total
64
100
Year of Study
Year 1
14
22
Year 2
22
34
Year 3
28
44
Total
64
100
Age
19
1
1.6
20
10
15.6
21
16
25
22
15
23.4
23
10
15.6
24
8
12.5
25
4
6.3
Total
64

100

Based on Table 4.1, it can be seen that 69% out of the 64 samples were females and 31% were males. The respondents range between 19 to 25 years old. The most number of participants were 21 years old undergraduates. They constituted 25% of the whole population who took part in the survey. 22 years old students mapped 23.4% of the samples in the survey conducted and students with 23 and 24 of age represented 15.6% and 12.5% of the samples respectively. The youngest participant, who was 19 years old, forms 1.6% of the overall percentage of participants of the study and the oldest participants who were 25 years old, formed 6.3% of the overall respondents.

4.3 Respondents' Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation in Acquiring English as a Second Language

This section is aimed to present the data obtained from the survey done to study the respondents' types of motivation in acquiring English as a second language.

Table 4.2
Summary of respondents' mean score for extrinsic motivation in acquiring English as a second Language
Item
Mean
Standard Deviation
1
I learn English because if I don't, I will not be able to find a high-paying job later on
3.53
1.57
3
I learn English because I think that this will help me to better prepare for the career that I have chosen
4.66
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