LeLY SUALANG Faculty of education universitas klabat Oktober 2017 English Students’ Involvement in English Activities and Their English Achievement LeLY SUALANG Faculty of education universitas klabat Oktober 2017

December 3, 2019 Introduction English has been a compulsory subject in Schools and universities in Indonesia; however many English students are still passive to involve in English activities in order to achieve their competence in English. Although they realize that English is crucial, especially in academic, business, and in any communication as Talebenizhed (2001) revealed that English is the most useful way to get through to the world’s intellectual and technical resources. December 3, 2019 Template Power Point Universitas Klabat

December 3, 2019 Theory Based on Astin’s theory (cited in Garland, 2010) claimed that students are advantaged more when they are involved in all aspects of college life such as participating in student organizations and activities and interacting with their faculty. December 3, 2019 Template Power Point Universitas Klabat

December 3, 2019 Research Questions What is the level of English Grammar students’ involvement in English Activities? What is the level of English Grammar Students’ achievement? Is there any significant difference in the English Grammar students’ involvement in English activities based on class level? Is there any significant correlation between the English Grammar students’ involvement in English activities and their English achievement? December 3, 2019

December 3, 2019 Methodology Respondents: English Grammar students 1, 2, and Basic English Grammar students at Universitas Klabat, enrolled in second semester of 2015/2016 school year. Instrument: The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire based on Astin’s theory, adapted from Heng (2012), consisted of twenty two (22) items, and the researcher added five (5) items, therefore there were 32 items. Pilot Study: The questionnaire was tried out to 41 English Grammar students at Universitas Klabat, and it was found that out of 27 items, 9 (nine) items were invalid and 18(eighteen) items were valid. The reliability of the valid items was measured using Cronbach’s Alpha, the result was 720, it was accepted and could be used in this study. December 3, 2019

FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA December 3, 2019 FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA Research Question #1 What is the level of English Grammar students’ Involvement in English Activities? N Min Max Mean S.I 77 1.83 3.61 2.73 Vld. 77 December 3, 2019

December 3, 2019 Research Question #2 What is the level of English Grammar Students’ achievement? N Min Max Mean Ach. 77 60 96 77.75 Val. 77 December 3, 2019

December 3, 2019 Research Question #3 Is there any significant difference of English Grammar students’ involvement in English Activities based on class level? Class N Mean Level Bsc. Eng. Gr. 22 2.75 Eng. Gr. 1 31 Eng. Gr. 2 24 2.68 December 3, 2019

December 3, 2019 Research Question #3 Is there any significant difference of English Grammar students’ involvement in English Activities based on class level? Sum of Square Df Mean F Sig, Between Gr. .068 2 .034 .201 .818 Within Gr. 12.47 76 .169 Total 12.54 December 3, 2019

Research Question #3 Is there any significant correlation between English students’ involvement in English activities and their English achievement? December 3, 2019 CORRELATION Avg. SA Final Grade Avg SA Pear. Corr. 1 - 116 Final Gr. Sig. (2 tailed) .144 N 159 Pearson Cor. 116 December 3, 2019

Research Question #3 Is there any significant correlation between English students’ involvement in English activities and their English achievement? December 3, 2019   INVOLVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT Pearson Correlation 1 .328** Sig. (2-tailed) .004 N 77 The finding shows that the obtained value is .004 < α = 0.5 which The result showed the p value was .04 <0.05 indicating that there was a significant correlation between the English Grammar students’ involvement in English activities and their English Grammar achievement. In other words, the English Grammar students’ involvement in English activities was significantly associated with their English Grammar achievement. Therefore, the null hypothesis of research question 4 (i.e. Is there any significant correlation between English Grammar students’ involvement in English activities and their English Grammar achievement?) was rejected (see Table 5). December 3, 2019

December 3, 2019 Conclusion Based on the findings of this study, English students involvement in English activities is high, and their English achievement is above average, Basic English Grammar students’ involvement was the highest among other class levels, but it is not significant different, however, there is significant correlation between English Grammar students involvement in English activities and their English achievement which is similar to Heng’s study (2012) on students’ involvement and English achievement. December 3, 2019

December 3, 2019 English Grammar students need to continue involving themselves in English activities inside and outside class, especially English Grammar 1 and 2. Head Department, the Dean of the Education Faculty and the Administrator of this university are to work cooperatively to provide facilities for English students to explore more in improving their competency in English. It is recommended for further studies to conduct similar study by having broader respondents from other universities to compare. December 3, 2019

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