AbstractThe objective of this research is to investigate motivation in learning Mandarin as a foreign
language among secondary student in international school. Both quantitative and qualitative
method have been employed in this study. Survey questionnaire and interview have been used
as the research instruments to collect data. The sample of the study collected were the 212
secondary students from year seven to eleven who are currently learning Mandarin as a foreign
language in international school for quantitative study whereas 15 secondary students were
selected among the 212 secondary students for qualitative study. Quantitative findings reveal
that Ideal L2 self is the key motivator for the secondary students to put in effort in learning
Mandarin with a high correlation coefficient(r) of .776, p< 0.001. The study also proved that
there is a significant difference between male and female students in term of the score on
motivational factors and the correlation coefficient between .....