The correlation between learning style and learning achievement in english at the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak

This research focussed on the Correlation Betwee Learning Style and Learning Achievement in English at The Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak. The students problem in this research were : 1) The students do not pay attention during studying English. 2) The teachers do not use the appropriate media in teaching English. 3) Lack of motivation. The aim of this research is to know the Correlation Between Learning Style and Learning Achievement in English at The Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak. This research has three formulation of the problems. They are; What are srudents learning style of SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak, how is the students achievement of students SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak in studying English, and is there a correlation between learning style and learning achievement in English at the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak. The purpose of this research is to know what is students learning style of SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak, how is students achievement of students SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak, and is there a correlation between students learning style and students learning achievement in English at the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak. The kinds of this research was quantitative research with correlational method. 59 students were gotten by Slovin’s Formula and choosen randomly from Clas Mia 1 until Mia 4. Researcher use lottry to choose the sampel. To analyze the data, the reseracher use Product Moment formula. After analyzing the data, the researcher found that most of the students have auditory style. There are 50, 87 % students belong to Auditory, 13, 55 % students are visual, 20, 33 % are Auditory and Kinesthetic, 5, 84 % Visual and auditory, and 3, 38% are visual kinesthetic. Besides, the score of of rxy was smaller than rtable 0.121 < 0,2561. The result showed that there was a correlation between two variables, but categorized into small correlation. It means the hypotheys (Ha) was rejected and (Ho) was accepted. It was concluded that there is a small correlation between learning style and learning achievement in English at the Eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak