The correlation between learning motivation and english achievemnet : a study to grade VIII at SMP Negeri 3 Siabu

This research was taken based on the fact of the students’ problems learning motivation and English achievement . the researcher identifying many problems that there are many factors that can influence students English achievement such as interest, physical, and motivation. Finally the researcher is interested in searching the correlation learning motivation to English achievement at SMP Negeri 3 Siabu. The research was conducted by quantitative method. In this research, the researcher wanted to find out about how significant the correlation between learning motivation and English achievement. The population of research is all students Grade VIII at SMP Negeri 3 Siabu, And sample of research is all of the population. They are 44 students. As the instrument for the collecting data the researcher used questionnaires . the data were analyzed statistically by applying product moment. From the result of the data analysis, it was found that rxy was 0.89 while rtable was 0.304. It means that rcount>rtable (0.89>0.304) which means the hypothesis was accepted. . It was concluded that there was the correlation between learning motivation and English achievement at study to the grade VIII at SMP Negeri 3 Siabu. However, there was a significant correlation between learning motivation and English achievement ( a study to grade VIII at SMP Negeri 3 Siabu