THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE IN ONLINE LEARNING AND THEIR ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT AT MTSN 3 PONOROGO

Abstract

Attitude is a disposition to respond favorably or unfavorably to an object, person, institution, or event. Attitude is one of the important keyfactors for success in language learning. Attitude is another factor affecting students’ achievement, if someone has a positive attitude to a language, he or she is more likely to learn it well. Thus, attitude has an important role in increasing students’ achievement. Achievement isthe competence of a person in relation to a domain of knowledge. The purpose of this research is to examine the correlation between students’ attitude in online learning and their English achievement of theeighth gradersat MTsN 3 Ponorogo. The researcher applied a quantitative approach and used correlational design. The population of this research is all of the eighth grade students atMTsN 3 Ponorogoand total numbers of the students are 193. The sample consists of 30 students. The sample was 8G (Regular Class) of MTsN 3 Ponorogo. The data was collected by distributing questionnaire and administering test. To analyze the data collection, the researcher used correlation product moment formula by pearson was to determine whether or not there was a correlation between students’ attitude in online learning and their English achievement at theeighth gradersof MTsN 3 PonorogoThe result of this research shows that the correlation coefficient between students’ learning attitude in online learning (X) and the students’ English achievement (Y) is 0,362. It means that both variables have correlation and the interpretation is a weak correlation. The significance (2-tailed) value is 0.049. Test of significance when Sig < 0.05, (0.049 < 0.05) the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It means that there is correlation between students’ attitude in online learning (X) and the students’ English achievement (Y)