This study aimed to explore the motivational orientation of pre-service
English teachers to practice speaking in teaching English lessons and to find out the
influence of motivational orientations of pre-service English teachers on their
speaking skills during the teaching practice II program. Motivational orientation in
this study includes two parts: extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation. The
researcher employed a sequential explanatory mixed methods research design with
two phases of data collection and analysis to unpack (1) the motivational orientation
in practicing speaking skills during teaching practice II and (2) the influence of the
motivational orientation on the pre-service English teachers’ speaking skills. It took
place in the English Education Department of Antasari State Islamic University
Banjarmasin. In the quantitative phase, the researcher administered a questionnaire
to 80 pre-service English teachers that were still doing teaching practice II in the
academic year 2021/2022. In the qualitative phase, the researcher steered in-depth
interviews through zoom meetings with 20 pre-service English teachers who had
already filled in the questionnaire. All participants were chosen using a purposive
sampling technique. Findings revealed that (1) the motivational orientations of the
pre-service English teachers in speaking English are the extrinsic and intrinsic
motivation that helped them to speak English fluently and correctly, and (2) the
motivational orientations of pre-service English teachers on their speaking skills
during teaching practice were influenced by the pre-service English teachers’
confidence to use English in speaking and their positive views toward speaking
skills position among all English skills.