Exploring Students’ Motivation in Writing Skill

This study set aimed to examine junior high school students' motivation for writing as well as their writing performance. A descriptive qualitative method was employed in this investigation. The sample was eight grade kids from SMPN 6 Kayuagung with the total forty-nine students. Data was gathered using written tests and questionnaires. This study employed the Miles and Huberman data analysis methodology, which comprises data reduction, data display, and conclusion-making. Due to the descriptive writing results, the lowest score was 20, the highest was 85, and the mean score was 52.61. The average motivation score was 3.89, indicating a strong level of motivation. The outcome revealed that even though the writing score was sufficient for classification, the students had a high level of motivation.