A CORRELATION STUDY BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MAJORS
IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLSWITH ACHIEVEMENTS
AND PERSPECTIVES ON FACTORS
INLUENCINGACHIEVEMENTS INTHE ENGLISH LETTERS
STUDY PROGRAMME, SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC
UNIVERSITY
A THESIS
By:
Student Number : 09.80.0023
Theodora Ervina
ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME
FACULTY OF LETTERS
A CORRELATION STUDY BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MAJORS
IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS WITH ACHIEVEMENTS
AND PERSPECTIVES ON FACTORS INLUENCING
ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY
PROGRAMME, SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC
UNIVERSITY
A Thesis Presented as Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements
to Obtain the Sarjana Sastra Degree
inthe English Letters Study Programme
by:
Student Number : 09.80.0023
Theodora Ervina
ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME
FACULTY OF LETTERS
A THESIS ON
A CORRELATION STUDY BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MAJORS
IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS WITH ACHIEVEMENTS
AND PERSPECTIVES ON FACTORS INLUENCING
ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY
PROGRAMME, SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC
UNIVERSITY
by
Student Number :09.80.0023
Theodora Ervina boru Rajagukguk
Approved by,
Heny Hartono, SS, M.Pd.
Major Sponsor
June , 2013
Drs. Y. E. Budiyana, M.A.
Co-Sponsor
A thesis defended in front of the Board of Examiners
on June 17, 2013 and declared acceptable
BOARD OF EXAMINERS
Chairperson
: Heny Hartono, SS, M.Pd.
Secretary
: Drs. Y. Budiyana, MA.
Member
:Antonius Suratno, Ph. D
Semarang, June , 2013
Faculty of Letters
Soegijapranata Catholic University
Dean,
058.1.1998.221
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all those who provided
me the possibility to complete this thesis.
First and foremost, I would like to thank Jesus for His grace for me. He
has blessed me with His abundant love so that I could finish my thesis. Now, it is
the time for me to give Him my talent and ability.
Special gratitude I give to my sponsors, Mrs. Heny Hartono, SS, M.Pd and
Drs. Y. Budiyana, MA, who give contribution to stimulating suggestions and
encouragement in writing this thesis. They gave me not only the theoretical things
but also taught me many essential things in life. Thank you for spending your
valuable time giving me important suggestions for the better of my thesis.
Finally, an honourable mention goes to my families and friends for their
understandings and supports on me in completing this thesis.They are always
willing to listen to my story, bad or good. Without helps of the particular
mentioned above, I would face many difficulties while doing this.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGES OF TITLE ...i
PAGES OF APPROVAL ...ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ...v
LIST OF TABLES ...viii
ABSTRACT ...xii
ABSTRAK ...xiii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ...1-7 1.1. Background ...1
1.2. Field of the Study...4
1.3. Scope of the Study ...4
1.4. Problem Formulation ...5
1.5. Objectives of the Study ...5
1.6. Significance of the Study ...6
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW ... 8-17
2.1. Previous Studies ...8
2.2. Second Language Acquisition ...9
2.2.1. Internal Factors in Second Language Acquisition ...10
2.2.2. External Factors in Second Language Acquisition ...15
2.3. Achievement Related to Students’ Internal and External Factors in Learning English ...17
CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ... 18-22 3.1. Data Collection ...18
3.1.1. Participants ...18
3.1.2. Instruments ...19
3.1.3. Procedures ...21
3.2. Data Analysis ...22
CHAPTER 4 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ... 23-42 4.1. Validity and Reliability Test of the Questionnaires ...23
4.1.1. Validity ...23
4.1.2. Reliability ...28
4.3. Other Factors Influencing Students’ Achievement based on Students’
Perspectives ...34
4.3.1. Personality ...34
4.3.2. Motivation ...39
4.3.3. Experience ...44
4.3.4. Aptitude ...49
4.3.5. Learning Style ...56
4.3.6. Age ...62
4.3.7. Curriculum ...68
4.3.8. Culture and Status ...71
4.3.9. Frequency and Quality of Exposure ...76
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 81-82 5.1. Conclusion ...81
5.2. Suggestion ...81
Bibliography ...xiv
LIST OF CHART AND TABLES
Table 1.1: The Number of Credits of English Lessons in Different Majors ... 2
Table 2.1: Four Learning Styles Used by Adult ESL Learners ... 14
Table 4.1: Validity Result from First Test ... 24
Table 4.2: Validity Result from Second Test ... 25
Table 4.3: Validity Result from Third Test ... 26
Table 4.4: Validity Result from Fourth Test ... 27
Table 4.5: Validity Result from Fifth Test ... 28
Table 4.6: Reliability Test Result... 29
Chart 4.1: Chart of Distribution of Students’ Senior High School Majors in English Letters Study Programme ... 30
Table 4.7: Analysis Result using SPSS v.20.0 about Correlation between Students’ Majors and Students’ Achievements’ in English Letters Study Programme, Soegijapranata Catholic University ... 31
Table 4.8: Interpretation of r Value of Correlation Analysis Result based in Budi (2006) ... 31
Table 4.10: Table of Statement no. 1 ... 34
Table 4.11: Table of Statement no. 2 ... 35
Table 4.12: Table of Statement no. 3 ... 36
Table 4.13: Table of Statement no. 4 ... 37
Table 4.14: Table of Mean and Standard Deviation of Personality Factor ... 38
Table 4.15: Table of Statement no. 5 ... 39
Table 4.16: Table of Statement no. 6 ... 40
Table 4.17: Table of Statement no. 7 ... 41
Table 4.18: Table of Statement no. 8 ... 42
Table 4.19: Table of Mean and Standard Deviation of Motivation Factor ... 43
Table 4.20: Table of Statement no. 9 ... 44
Table 4.21: Table of Statement no. 10 ... 45
Table 4.22: Table of Statement no. 11 ... 46
Table 4.23: Table of Statement no. 12 ... 47
Table 4.24: Table of Statement no. 13 ... 48
Table 4.27: Table of Statement no. 15 ... 51
Table 4.28: Table of Statement no. 16 ... 52
Table 4.29: Table of Statement no. 17 ... 53
Table 4.30: Table of Statement no. 18 ... 54
Table 4.31: Table of Statement no. 19 ... 55
Table 4.32: Table of Mean and Standard Deviation of Aptitude Factor ... 56
Table 4.33: Table of Statement no. 20 ... 57
Table 4.34: Table of Statement no. 21 ... 58
Table 4.35: Table of Statement no. 22 ... 59
Table 4.36: Table of Statement no. 23 ... 60
Table 4.37: Table of Mean and Standard Deviation of Learning Style Factor ... 61
Table 4.38: Table of Statement no. 24 ... 62
Table 4.39: Table of Statement no. 25 ... 63
Table 4.40: Table of Statement no. 26 ... 64
Table 4.41: Table of Statement no. 27 ... 65
Table 4.44: Table of Statement no. 29 ... 68
Table 4.45: Table of Statement no. 30 ... 69
Table 4.46: Table of Mean and Standard Deviation of Curriculum Factor ... 70
Table 4.47: Table of Statement no. 31 ... 71
Table 4.48: Table of Statement no. 32 ... 72
Table 4.49: Table of Statement no. 33 ... 73
Table 4.50: Table of Mean and Standard Deviation of Culture and Status Factor ... 74
Table 4.51: Table of Statement no. 34 ... 75
Table 4.52: Table of Statement no. 35 ... 76
Table 4.53: Table of Statement no. 36 ... 77
Table 4.54: Table of Statement no. 37 ... 78
Table 4.55: Table of Mean and Standard Deviation of Frequency and Quality of Exposure Factor... 79
Table 4.56: The Result of Factors Influencing Students’ Achievements (GPA) based on Students’ Perspectives ... 80
Abstract
This research is meant to learn the correlation between students’ majors in Senior High Schools and students’ achievements (GPA) in English Letters Study Programme, Soegijapranata Catholic University. Besides the correlation, other factors that influence students’ achievements based on students’ perspectivesare also discussed. The investigation was done with favour of a set of data (contained students’ GPA) and a set of questionnaires to collect data about students’ perspective toward factors influencing their achievements. The questionnaires were distributed to 107 students from batch 2010 – 2012 randomly. The data, then,analysedto present the result in form of descriptive analysis. While, students’ GPA and students’ majors in Senior High Schools were analysed using SPSS v.20.0 to get inferential analysis. The results show that the correlation between students’ GPA and majors in Senior High Schools was relatively weak and having negative correlation. Besides the educational background from Senior High Schools, there are other factors such as experience, motivation, and age that influence learner’s success in second language acquisition as well. Moreover, among other factors, motivation is the strongest factor of all in determining the success of learning a new language.
Abstrak
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari hubungan antara jurusan mahasiswa di SMA dan IPK di Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Katholik Soegijapranata. Disamping korelasi tersebut, faktor-faktor lain yang akan mempengaruhi pencapaian siswa juga akan dibahas. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan bantuan data (berisi IPK mahasiswa) dan satu set kuesioner untuk mengumpulkan data mengenai pandangan mahasiswa mengenai faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pencapaian mereka. Kuesioner tersebut dibagikan kepada 102 mahasiswa dari tahun angkatan 2010 – 2012 secara acak. Kemudian, datanya dianalisa dan disajikan hasilnya dalam bentuk analisa deskriptif. Sementara itu, IPK mahasiswa dan jurusan mahasiswa selama masih di SMA dianalisa menggunakan SPSS v.20.0 untuk emndapatkan analisa inferensial. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa korelasi antara IPK mahasiswa dan jurusan mereka semasa di SMA cenderung lemah dan berlawanan arah. Disamping latar belakang pendidikan dari SMA, ada faktor-faktor lain seperti pengalaman, motivasi, dan umur yang mempengaruhi kesuksesan seseorang dalam memperlajari bahasa baru. Terlebih lagi, di antara faktor lainnya, motivasi adalah faktor terkuat dalam menentukan kesuksesan mempelajari bahasa baru.
