RELATIONSHIP OF TEACHERS’ INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND STUDENTS’ LEARNING ACTIVENESS AT SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 4 GIRI

Interpersonal communication is the way teacher communication with students to give information about lesson with some effect and some feedback in teaching learning process. Interpersonal communication is very important role to improve students’ learning activeness in English teaching learning process. Students’ learning activeness is activity and creativity through the variety of how to learning experience of the students. From that reason, the writer wants to prove there is really positive correlation between teachers’ interpersonal communication and students’ learning activeness at junior high school. Therefore the writer interested in finding out the correlation between teachers’ interpersonal communication and students’ learning activeness. This study was aimed to find out the correlation between teachers’ interpersonal communication and students’ learning activeness. The writer chooses the students of SMP Muhammadiyah 4 Giri at VII grade and the writer use questionnaire as an instrument. The research finding showed that: (1) the statistical analysis of teachers’ interpersonal communication and students’ learning activeness showed that the p- value is 0,000. The significant level is smaller than 0, 05 it means the null hypothesis (Ho) can be rejected. Based on the result, it could be concluded that there was significant correlation between teachers’ interpersonal communication and students’ learning activeness. (2) There is positive correlation between teachers’ interpersonal communication and students’ learning activeness. It can be seen from the r- value (Spearman Correlation) that is +0,821. It means the correlation in a positive direction that was variable X and variable Y were straight line, if the value of data result, there were very high correlation between teachers’ interpersonal communication and students’ learning activeness. It was showed from the r-value +0, 821> +0, 800. For suggestion, teachers’ interpersonal communication is one of important way the teacher to increase the students’ activeness in English learning process. So, if teacher want to develop their students’ activeness, teacher must have a good ability in interpersonal communication with their students. Interpersonal communication makes students more enjoying to following English learning. If the students feel enjoying to following the English learning it can increase the students’ activeness to increase their knowledge with active in English learning process