This study investigated instrumental and integrative motivations (motivational orientation) of a group of EFL students, namely post graduate students of Public
Administration in Jenderal Soedirman University. Students learned English intensively
because they were projected to apply for scholarships in Burapha University in Thailand that
had an MOU with Jenderal Soedirman University. Students were going to undertake a
sandwiches program in Burapha University, Thailand. A motivation questionnaire was
developed and distributed to 12 students consisting of 5 male and 7 females. After that, they
were interviewed. It was expected that the students joined in this project would have a high
motivation to learn English for a selection process. However, an instrumental motivation was
found to be the main reason for the students to learn English. The motivational orientation
functioned as a motivation initiator that subsequently enhanced the motivational drive in
learning the target languag
