THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS SELF-ESTEEM AND THEIR WRITING ABILITY
Abstract
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara harga diri pelajar dengan kemampuan menulis bahasa Inggris mereka. Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah desain Ex-post facto. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 28 murid kelas XI IPS 4 SMAN 1 Pringsewu. Kuisioner harga diri, dan tes menulis digunakan untuk mendapatkan data dalam penelitian ini. Kedua data tersebut dianalisa dengan menggunakan Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Hasil dari data analisis menunjukan bahwa ada hubungan yang signifikan secara statistic antara harga diri murid dengan kemampuan menulis mereka pada tingkat signifikansi 0.01. Ini menunjukan bahwa harga diri mempengaruhi proses dan hasil belajar murid yang mempelajari Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing.
This study aimed at investigating the correlation between students self-esteem and their writing ability. The design was ex-post facto design. The subject of this research were 28 students of class XI IPS 4 of SMAN 1 Pringsewu. Self-esteem questionnaire and writing test were used to collect the data. The scores of the two tests were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The result showed that there was a statistically significant correlation between students self-esteem and their writing ability with the significant level 0.01. It indicates that students self-esteem influences EFL students learning process and outcomes.
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