The Correlation Between First Grade Students’ Interest and Their English Achievement at Senior High School 4 Jember

Ahmad, Nailul Mazidah (2019) The Correlation Between First Grade Students’ Interest and Their English Achievement at Senior High School 4 Jember. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq Jember.

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Abstract

English is now a dominant or official language in over 60 countries. English becomes primary language in most countries. Not only in daily life, but English also exists in schools as a compulsory subject in many countries including Indonesia. Most of the technical terms in Indonesia have already used English and English becomes the modern language in cities. English has been used as an international language and becomes obligatory subject that should be learned by all students. In fact, not all students understand and master English well, even though English has been taught since the primary school. There are lot of factors that might affect the English achievement of the students. Such as not only the intellegence, age, environment, but also interest. Based on the background above, the research questions are : 1) How is the interest of the tenth grade students in English at Senior High School 4 Jember?, 2) How is the English achievement of the tenth grade students at Senior High School 4 Jember?, 3) Is there any correlation between the tenth grade students’ interest in English and their English achievement at Senior High School 4 Jember? The objective of the research : 1) To know the interest of the tenth grade students in English at senior high school 4 Jember, 2) To know the English achievement of the first grade students at senior high school 4 Jember, 3) To find the correlation between the first grade student’s interest in English and their English achievement at senior high school 4 Jember. This research used quntitative approach. In this research the researcher investigated the correlation between two variables. The population of this research consisted of the whole tenth year students of SMAN 4 Jember which was 315.Sample of this research was taken by using purposive sampling. The technique of data collection that were used for this research included questionnaire, interview, and document review. The technique of data analysis was Product Moment by IBM Statistic SPSS 22. Based on the analysis Product Moment by IBM Statistic SPSS 22, the research found that : (1) most of the students of X Mipa 5 had lower interest., (2) A lot of students of MIPA 5 had score higher than minimum mastery criteria (kriteria ketuntasan minimal or kkm=85), (3) there was no significance correlation between students’ interest and their Achievement in English.

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