THE CORRELATIONS AMONG STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT, MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH AND THEIR ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF STATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN INDRALAYA
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- This study was aimed at finding out whether or not there were significant correlations between: (1) the students’ perceptions of classroom environment and students’ English achievement, (2) each scale of the students’ perceptions of classroom environment and students’ English achievement, (3) students’ motivation and students’ English achievement, (4) each scale of the students’ motivation and students’ English achievement, (5) predictor variables and criterion variable. This study also investigated whether or not there were significant contributions of the predictor variables toward students’ English achievement. This study involved 103 students selected randomly from 3 state senior high schools in 3 different sub-districts in Indralaya. The ‘What Is Happening In this Class (WIHIC) questionnaire’, motivation questionnaire, and an English test were used to collect the data which were analyzed statistically by using correlation and multiple regression analyses. The findings showed that there were significant correlations between: (1) the students’ perceptions of classroom environment and their English achievement (r= .297), (2) five scales of the students’ perceptions of classroom environment and their English achievement, (3) the students’ motivation and their English achievement (r= .312), (4) all scales of the students’ motivation and their English achievement, (5) combination of predictor variables and criterion variable (r= .346). There were also significant contributions of: (1) the students’ perceptions of classroom environment and Teacher Support toward their English achievement, (2) the students’ motivation and Instrumental Motivation toward their English achievement, (3) predictor variables toward criterion variable. In conclusion, the students’ perceptions of classroom environment and students’ motivation were significantly correlated to their English achievement.