Correlation between Students’ Motivation and Students’ English Learning Achievement of Undergraduate Nursing Study Program Students of STIKes Mitra Husada Karanganyar

Abstract

English is a mandatory course learned by the students in STIKes Mitra Husada Karanganyar. The graduates’ target for Undergraduate Nursing Study Program students is the ability of English language indicated by passing English for Nursing I, English for Nursing II, and TOEFL score at least 450. Motivation is considered important determinants in learning English as a foreign language to help students gain better learning achievement. Motivation exerts a great influence on learner performances of second language learning to prepare learning strategies. The aim of this research is to know whether there is a correlation between two variables; students’ motivation and English learning achievement of Undergraduate Nursing Study Program students of STIKes Mitra Husada Karanganyar. The research design used was the analysis of quantitative correlation. The data were taken by distributing questionnaire of motivation to 77 respondents and their English for Nursing II score. The result showed that students’ characteristics based on gender are mostly female students (89.6%). Students’ English learning motivation is classified into highly motivated (84.4 %). Students’ English learning achievement is classified into good (62.3 %). The findings showed that there is no correlation between students’ motivation and English learning achievement because the level of significance was 0.538 > 0.05 and the coefficient of correlation (r) is -0.71. It is suggested that lecturers are able to apply a variety of learning methods, use interesting media in order to arouse student learning motivation, and involve students more in the teaching and learning process.