"To what extent are postgraduate international students at Sunderland University intrinsically motivated in learning English?" and "Is there a difference between male and female students in terms of their intrinsic motivation?"

The aim of this study is to investigate the motivation need in learning English language for postgraduate international students' at University of Sunderland. This study consist of 70 students from University of Sunderland in the United Kingdom. "Integrative and extrinsic motivation" questions are adapted by Yang Shuang and the design of the questionnaire is adapted by Lau Chi Ping. The test was adapted one based on the integrative/instrumental section of the test by Robert Gardner's Social Psychological Language Learning in 1985. The fist phase of the questionnaire involves 15 likert type statements and the second phase involves 9 democraphic questions. The result of the study shows that the students at Sunderland University are instrumentally motivated because of their future career plans, getting a good job, entering a well-paid job, travelling the world, taking place in a university, getting high marks in IELTS or TOFEL examinations.