THE CORRELATION BETWEEN LEARNING MOTIVATION AND STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGH AND LOW-PROFICIENCY STUDENTS IN LEARNING ENGLISH AT SMK HIDAYATUL MUBTADI’IN SINGOSARI

Siti Fidaa' ul Jannah

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Siti Fidaa’ul Jannah1, Mutmainnah Mustofa2, Durotun Nasihah3

(English Department, Faculty Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Islam Malang)

Abstract: Motivation to learn is crucial, Motivation is one of the critical elements that will affect students' success or performance in English. This study aims to determine whether or not there is a significant correlation between learning motivation and students' achievement of high and low-proficiency students in learning English at SMK Hidayatul Mubtadi'in Singosari. The researcher selected 44 participants as a sample, 19 were classified as students with high achievement, and 25 as students with low achievement in learning English. The data was analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation of IBM Statistical for Social Science (SPSS) 20.0. The tool was a questionnaire with 25 items. According to the research findings, the level of significance for high-proficiency students is 0.025, and the level of significance for low-proficiency students is 0.041 which means the p-value is lower than 0.05. It means that the correlation between two variables was positively correlated. It can be concluded that there is a significant correlation between learning motivation and student achievement of high and low-proficiency students at SMK Hidayatul Mubtadi’in Singosari.

Keywords: Correlation, Motivation, Achievement.


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