Abstract

The goal of teaching a foreign language in a non-linguistic university is the development of communicative competence, the development of a student's personality, willing and able to participate in intercultural communication in a foreign language and in the future capable of self-improvement. But the quality of achieving the goal depends, first of all, on the motivation of the individual, his motivation. It is motivation that causes purposeful activity, determines selection of tools and techniques, their ordering to achieve the goal. Motivation can be considered as one of influential factors in foreign language learning as it assists to sustain learner's interest during long and tedious learning process of foreign language. Motivation can be categorized into two types; intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The present article aims to investigate intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors of a group of non-linguistic students to learn English. The present article recommends English teachers as well as educational institutions to provide teaching and learning materials which suited to improve students ’motivation.