THE CORRELATION BETWEEN CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS OF UIN RADEN FATAH PALEMBANG

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between classroom environment and academic achievement of English Education Study Program students of UIN Raden Fatah Palembang by conducting correlational research. 366 students of English majors of the second, fourth, and sixth semester took part in the study as the sample by using convenience sampling. The data of this study were collected by administering a questionnaire of College and University Classroom Environment Inventory (CUCEI) to assess classroom environment of the students and and the students’ cumulative GPA was also used to get the students’ academic achievement score. Pearson Product Moment and regression analysis were used to analyze the data. Therefore, the r was 0.296 and it was higher than than r-table (0.1059) and the level of probability (p) significance (sig.2-tailed) was 0.000. It means that H0 was rejected and H1 was accepted. Additionally, the regression analysis showed that classroom environment contributed only 8,8 % to academic achievement. Finally, the result indicated that there was significant correlation between classroom environment and academic achievement and classroom environment influenced academic achievement