THE CORRELATION BETWEEN LEARNING STYLES AND ENGLISH LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT AT SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 5 TAPUNG

Abstrak / Ringkasan

English teacher has done many efforts to enhance students’ learning
achievement, but in fact most of students still had difficulties in learning English.
It is proofed from their scores in English subject. In relation to the problem above,
the researcher is intended to find out whether there is correlation between
students’ learning style and English learning achievement on seventh grade
students ofJunior High School 5 Tapung Kampar. There were two variables used
in this research. The first was X variable (students’ learning style) and Y variable
(students’ English learning achievement). The instruments used in this research
were questionnaire for students’ learning style and documentation for English
learning achievement. The total population was 51 students. In taking the sample,
the researcher used total sampling. By using Chi Square formula through SPSS
22.00 in analyzing the data, the researcher found that the value of Sig. (2-sided)
was 0.013, and the data was significant at the level of 5%. In other words, Sig. (2sided)
valueis

lower than 0.05 (Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted). It means that
there is correlation between learning style and English learning achievement on
seventh grade students of SMP N 5 Tapung. Based on the Cramer’s V value
(0.353), the effect of students’ learning styles on their English learning
achievement is categorized into large effect. It means that there is a high
association between learning style and English learning achievement.
Key Word: Correlation, Learning Style, Learning Achievement

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