| Summary: | This study is devoted to investigating dynamic motivational construct on learning structures in an immersion context. Due to the ever-changing motivational construct, which, in particular, is driven by learning structures in a new environment, this study assumes that the preferred learning structure commonly favoured in the research participants’ home countries might shift that will eventually affects their learning motivation. This study takes place at the English Language Institute of University of Hawai’I at Manoa, USA. The research participants are mostly graduate students taking English courses to improve their language skill. This study found several surprising findings. The first finding is that although cooperative learning has the highest contribution to intrinsic motivation, they do not show any significant correlation (r=.279). On the other hand, competitive learning negatively correlates with intrinsic motivation (r= .-.407), suggesting that if competitive learning is enacted, the participants’ intrinsic motivation decreases. In terms of learning preference, individualistic learning is favored most, which might be affected by learning cultures commonly adopted in graduate programs in the US.
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