THE RELATIONSHIP OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS ON LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FIRST SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM OF SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY
Daftar Isi:
- This study aimed to find out (1) whether or not there was any significant relationship of the psychological factors on the listening comprehension test achievement of the first semester students of English study program of Sriwijaya University and (2) which psychological factors were more dominant in contributing the listening comprehension test achievement. The population of this study was all first semester students of English Education Study Program of Sriwijaya University. The number of the sample were 75 students. To collect the data, listening comprehension test and psychological factors questionnaire were given to the sample. The data were analyzed statistically by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings showed psychological factors gave a significant contribution on the listening comprehension test achievement with the contribution of 19.6%. Then, between the psychological factors that are used in this study (self-efficacy and anxiety), the anxiety became the factor that contributing more in the students’ listening comprehension test achievement with the total contribution of 8.6%.