Maulana, Ikhsanudin and Suhartono / JEEP Vol.1 No.1 (2020) 50-58 50 STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION TO SPEAK IN A GROUP DISCUSSION Fajar Maulana. Ikhsanudin Ikhsanudin, Luwandi Suhartono English Study Program FKIP Untan Pontianak Email: subscribefm11@gmail.com Abstract This research was done to know the factors’ influencing students’ motivation to speak in a group discussion. This research is qualitative survey, in which the subjects are the Third-Semester Students of English Education Study Program of Tanjungpura University in Academic Year 2018/2019. The subjects of this research were 25 students in class A. The data were collected through observation and survey. Based on the data the students are motivated enough in speaking class and the motivation are relatively high across the students but most of the students faced several speaking problems such as afraid of making mistakes, lack of confidence, and lack of motivation. In summary, the factors that influenced the students’ motivation to speak in a group discussion are the students' interest to the materials of learning, the students’ interest to the culture of the target language, and lastly the reinforced that the students receive inside/outside the teaching and learning process. All of the factors are related to types of motivation, such as, intrinsic, extrinsic, instrumental, and integrative motivation. The writer claimed that knowing and understand sorts of motivation is essential with the intention of making a better teaching and learning environment. Keywords: Analysis, Speaking, Motivation, Group Discussion INTRODUCTION Motivation has an essential role in students’ life. In teaching and learning, the process of motivating the students is not going to be easy. However, no certain thing can define the concept of motivation, as it is an abstract and hypothetical concept. On the other hand, English has also an important role for communication in many fields, such as in health, business, education, science and technology. English, as a tool of communication, has been playing an important role in acquiring information. However, to master the ability such as speaking is not easy. Motivation has been a major aspect for students to become proficient at speaking. Mayer stated, “When students are motivated to learn, they try harder to comprehend the material thereby learn more deeply, resulting in better ability to transfer what they have learned to a new situation” (Mayer, 2003, p.459). However, when the students lack motivation, especially in learning speaking, they will hardly communicate with others even though they have a good comprehension of material, proper grammar, and adequate vocabulary. Based on the writer’s experience by the time of being the third-semester student of the Tanjungpura University, the writer discovered that lacking motivation in speaking subject affected the teaching and learning process, especially when it came to a group discussion, where the students had to share and discuss the material with each other. The students seemed to be effortless in a class. Based on the writer’s pre-observation and interview in a quite a few subjects, the third-semester students were facing “speaking motivation” issues. The issues