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Sacrificing the Break: Exploring Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation Among EFL Summer Class Students Engelina Salainti; Alan Hubert Frederick Sanger
INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Vol. 13 No. 2 (2026): INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Pendidikan Muhammadiyah Sorong

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36232/interactionjournal.v13i2.5935

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Intensive summer language courses offer an accelerated path for academic progression, yet they require substantial temporal sacrifices from students who must study during their official holidays. This study investigated the learning motivation dynamics and psychological experiences of EFL students navigating a high-density, daily summer English program at an Indonesian university. Employing a qualitative descriptive case study design, data were gathered through individual, one-on-one semi-structured interviews with five purposively selected university students (n = 5). The individual interview records were compiled into complete verbatim transcripts and analyzed using a descriptive narrative approach. The findings revealed that although students experienced initial emotional friction, including laziness, nervousness, and social media jealousy, they successfully maintained their learning focus. Their academic endurance was heavily driven by clear extrinsic goals, such as securing grades, finishing credit requirements, and ensuring timely graduation. Furthermore, a supportive classroom environment, highly interactive teaching styles, and smaller class sizes effectively transformed the potential stress of a fast-paced schedule into a positive tool for focused learning. This study implies that the success of intensive programs relies heavily on instructors maintaining empathetic, high-engagement pedagogy to mitigate student mental fatigue.
Visual, Auditory, and Tactile Learning Style in SMP Advent Unklab Lisa Mathilda Rachman; Alan Hubert Frederick Sanger; Gabriella Alleid Dian Baureh
AL-MIKRAJ Jurnal Studi Islam dan Humaniora (E-ISSN 2745-4584) Vol. 5 No. 2 (2025): AL-Mikraj Jurnal Studi Islam dan Humaniora
Publisher : Pascasarjana Institut Agama Islam Sunan Giri Ponorogo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37680/almikraj.v5i2.6843

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This research aims and focuses on finding out the most dominant leaning styles (visual, auditory and tactile learning styles) at Unklab Adventist Middle School (SMP). This research involved 33 respondents from class VIII B SMP Advent Unklab. The total respondent sampling method was used in this research using a questionnaire as the instrument distributed to the respondents. The questionnaire used in this research, which was adapted from the University of Texas Learning Center (2006), was to find out what learning styles was the most dominant learning styles at SMP Advent Unklab. The results showed that the most dominant learning style is visual learning style (M= 3.57) although it is only slightly different from tactile (M= 3.53), and the last one was auditory (M= 3.47).