THE CORRELATION BETWEEN MOTIVATION AND ACHIEVEMENT IN LEARNING ENGLISH AT THE SEVENTH GRADES of SMP NEGERI 22 BENGKULU SELATAN

Aidilman,, Aidilman (2020) THE CORRELATION BETWEEN MOTIVATION AND ACHIEVEMENT IN LEARNING ENGLISH AT THE SEVENTH GRADES of SMP NEGERI 22 BENGKULU SELATAN. Diploma thesis, IAIN BENGKULU.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between student motivation andachievement in learning English at the seventh grades of SMP Negeri 22 Bengkulu Selatan. As for the background to this research because English is an international language that many countries use as a means of communication. In Indonesia The language of Indonesia is as a foreign language, unfortunately English language in Indonesia is generally bad. In fact, English is already in what is for students in elementary school. There is no need for mastery in English because of the low motivation of students in learning English language. The population of this study was all students of SMP Negeri 22 Bengkulu Selatan, which were divided into six classes: 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B , 9A, and 9B. The sample of this research is a class (seventh) 7. This research is a quantitative descriptive method. In collecting data, this study uses two types of instruments. First, the questionnaire as an instrument of motivation, the questionnaire consisted of 20 items. Second, researchers conducted tests to measure student achievement in learning English, which consisted of four skills, Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking. After calculating the results of student grades in student motivation and achievement, researchers found that on average students answered motivation instruction with Score 3, which means it was included in the medium category of motivation. While students 'achievement in learning English, students' reading skills got high enough scores and got low marks in listening skills. Where is on writing and speaking students got a score in the medium category. So, there is a correlation between motivation and achievement in learning English at the seventh grades of SMP Negeri 22 Bengkulu Selatan with a significan Score P-value 0,000<0,005 and Pearson's correlation of two variables: 0.558, that is on category correlation moderate. Based on the above data, the researcher concludes that Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected.

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