Individual Motivation in Learning French: A Study on the Learners of CML at Bangladesh University of Professionals

This paper aims to explore whether instrumental or integrative motivational orientation effects the French learners of Centre for Modern Languages at Bangladesh University of Professionals.The study follows the quantitative research method to collect the data.The data was collected through a questionnaire.Both primary data and secondary data have been used in the accomplishment of the research.The study covers the French learners of CML, BUP following random sampling technique.The total sample size was 96.The theory of motivation by Gardner and Lambert has been used to analyze the study.This study reveals the communicative needs and interest of the French learners.It also explores gender and age factors in developing a new language.The paper has also represented the attitude of learners towards the French language community and French language learning itself.Finally, the study explores the current state of motivational orientation of the French learners and how the orientation correlates with each other.