A Study on students’ motivation in studying english as English Foreign Language (EFL) at Stikes Cendekia Utama Kudus

English is studied as a second language and it has crucial role in every aspect, especially in educational aspect. In the millennial era, students not only use English in their real communication, but they also use it to communicate on several application or websites. English need to be learnt by the students at the university level because it will become important skill in their future. This descriptive qualitative study conducted to find the students’ motivation in learning English; either intrinsic or extrinsic motivation. The population of this study was all of the students who take an English Subject on even
semester in the academic years 2018/2019 with 139 students as the sample. The instrument used in this study is 5 point Likert Scale that was adapted from Likert Scale format of Gardner’s Attitude / Motivation Test Battery (AMTB). The questions used in the questionnaire were also adapted from Gardner’s Attitude / Motivation Test Battery (AMTB). Based on the result, extrinsic motivational level is higher than intrinsic motivational level, however, both of those score are in high level. This result showed that students have good motivation, both in Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivation, in learning English. It will be useful for the lecturer to make learning English better on their future.