The correlation between learning motivation and english achievement at the grade XI students of SMA Negeri 1 Sipagimbar

Main Author: Tobing, Nurmayunita L.
Format: Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2020
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Online Access: http://etd.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/6903/1/1420300095.pdf
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  • This research discussed about the correlation between learning motivation and English Achievement at grade XI students of SMA Negeri 1 Sipagimbar. Motivation has any important role in gaining the students success in English achievement, when students want to have English achievement they must study hard and diligently. Motivation can also be interpreted an impulse from within the people overcome all challenges and obstacles in an effort to achieve a goal. Some problems of the students in this research are: 1) How is the learning motivation at the grade XI students of SMA Negeri 1 Sipagimbar. 2) How is English achievement at the grade XI students of SMA Negeri 1 Sipagimbar. 3) Is there any significant correlation between learning motivation and English achievement at the grade XI students of SMA Negeri 1 Sipagimbar. This kind of this research is quantitative research where the method is descriptive method. The population of this research is all the grade XI SMA Negeri 1 Sipagimbar in 2019/2020 academic year. This school consisted in two classes which counted in total 72 students. The sample of this research is 42 students taken by using random sampling. Further the instrument of this research used for collecting the data is by using questionnaire for learning motivation consisted of 30 items and documentation of students’ English achievement. Based on the result of data analysis, there was a significant correlation between learning motivation and English achievement of the grade XI students SMA N 1 Sipagimbar in good category. It can be gotten by using the calculating of product moment formula where coefficient correlation level rcount was 86.87 and rtable on 5% significant level was 0.312. So, the significant correlation was 86.87 >0.312 (rcount>rtable). Then, on calculating the hypothesis testing has gotten tcountwas 6405 with df = n-2 (42-2 = 40) and ttable on 5% significant level was 0.312. So, the significant variables were 6405>0.312 (tcount>ttable) and the hypothesis Ha was accepted.