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with an instrumental orientation. Boyle (2000) pointed out “Libya’s motivation for learning English is very job-oriented and very certainly pragmatic” They learn English because learning English provides them achievement sense and English can assist them to discover a superior job. For Mohammed, practical aspects of the English language seemed to far override the integrative dimension. He said “I'll need English for my career in the future because I desire to work in the UK after get my degree because I think medicine field is popular in many countries particularly the UK and can earn a better salary compared to my country”. However, he added that “ if I obtain a job as a doctor and live in the UK., maybe I will had intrinsic goal orientations to enhance communications with British people and to deepen my understanding to British community and its culture so that I can integrate and adjust to the society.”

The second interviewer Laila said “ Studying English is essential to me since without it individual cannot be success in any good field” and also “for me studying English can be significant because if I know it ,other individuals will respect me more”. In addition, she thinks that “ In my country Libya, people who get high degree from English countries, it is very easy to find any good job because my country has lacked qualified English teacher at high education.” She also added that “I interest in using internet because as tool of communication to know people from different country and also able to search information and materials in English on the Internet.

On the other hand, two respondents held some negative attitudes toward British people which may be set the instrumental orientation is the most important one.( change it.) .They regarded them as arrogant, impatient prejudiced. According to Doreni & ( 2009), “ negative attitudes toward the target language community, may lead to do not interest to interact with the people of the target language.” Mohammed offered the following comments “most English people impatient because from my own experience when I asked English person about the direction and my English was poor , he appeared to be impatient which cause unwillingness to carry on to talk” . This give him lack of confidence to interact with British people.

Aspiration connected to integrative motivation related to some negative experience of individuals’ life. Laila said “my English landlord treated me less favourably than English tenants who shared the same house in the allocation of rooms.”

This situation let her to feel that they were prejudiced contrary to individuals from developing countries. Also, she added that “ last days, when I tried to stop lady in the street and ask her about the coach station, she did not stop and also she went far away from me, so, till that I feel afraid to interact with English people, these reason let me did not feel to interest to participate in Births culture”. As a result, Laila was frustrated by some British people who she found to be very arrogant and would have preferred to avoid .