The Students’ English Achievement, Perception and Attitude in  English Language Teaching

Ali Ajam; Awaludin Rizal; Safrudin Sahmadan; Ridayani Ridayani

doi:10.53682/eclue.v11i2.6578

Authors

Ali Ajam Universitas Khairun
Awaludin Rizal Universitas Khairun
Safrudin Sahmadan Universitas Bumi Hijrah Maluku Utara
Ridayani Ridayani Universitas Negeri Makassar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53682/eclue.v11i2.6578

Keywords:

Perception, Attitude, Students’ Achievement, English Language Teaching, Correlation Study

Abstract

This correlation study aims to determine the following: 1) Students' attitudes toward learning English are significantly correlated with achievement. 2) Achievement and the quality of the English curriculum is strongly correlated with students' perceptions of it. 3) Achievement is significantly connected with opinions of the effectiveness of the English classroom and attitudes toward learning the language. 276 data made up the population of this study. One class out of the seven was chosen using a random cluster sampling method. In one session, thirty pupils were eligible for the analysis. A perception survey, an attitude survey, and an achievement test were among the tools used to obtain the data. Students' perceptions of the caliber of English instruction and attitudes toward learning English were gathered using the perception and attitude questionnaires. The perception and attitude questionnaire results were utilized to forecast English proficiency. The data were analyzed with the use of numerous correlations and SPSS12 in order to accomplish the three goals of the current study. The findings supported the notion that attitudes toward learning English and English achievement correlate with perceptions of English instruction's effectiveness. The result of the computation of multiple correlation coefficients (R) is .767 and the correlation coefficient (R2) is .588. Therefore, perception and attitude "accounted for" 58.8% of the achievement, leaving the remaining 41.2% unaffected by either. According to the findings, recommendations are made to EFL teaching professionals and other academics who wish to look into the subject more in the future. These recommendations speak to the value of preserving perception and attitude in order to raise students' English achievement.

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