Learning Motivation of Students in Teaching Indonesian to Speakers of Other Language in Manila

Learning motivation is one of the factors influencing language learning achievement and its continuity. This means understanding the motivation of learners is required to improve language learning. Therefore, this study aims to describe and explain the types of motivation associated with Teaching Indonesian to Speakers of Other Language (TISOL) learners in Manila, Philippines. A naturalistic case study was used with the data collected through observation and in-depth interview while the samples were selected using the purposive sampling technique. The findings showed there are two types of motivation for TISOL learners in Manila and these include external and internal motivation. The external aspect indicates the use of the Indonesian language in all the regions of Indonesia and several neighboring countries as well as the need to preserve the country’s culture and the similarities between the vocabularies of Tagalog and Indonesian languages. Meanwhile, the internal aspect includes the opportunity it provides to work with Indonesians, the willingness to gain knowledge and have new friends, and the ability to communicate with locals when traveling to Indonesia.