Background of Study INTRODUCTION

trouble to study, and it is different from student who has lower IQ, student may find some difficulties in learning in academic or learning language. Jane S. Halonen and John W. Santrock stated that “Many psychologists and people equate intelligence with verbal ability and problem solving skills” 2 . Intelligence involves some different mental abilities including logic, reasoning, problem solving, planning, while the subject of intelligence is one of the largest and most heavily researched, it is also one of the topics that generates the greatest controversy 3 The statement above is also supported by Thurstone who divided intelligence as some abilities; numerical, verbal, abstraction or visualization, coherence, and ability to take decision 4 . The ability in verbal communication especially in English reflect the IQ itself. Sia Tjundjing stated that “It can not taken for granted, those who have lower IQ and disability are having trouble or difficulty, even they are not capable in following education activity in their age” 5 . Von Haller Gilmer B. Also mentioned that “Intelligence involves such primary abilities as understanding the complexities of language and reasoning and ...‟ 6 . It could be assumed that student who has lower IQ finds difficulties in academic learning such as in learning language. IQ or also known as Intelligence Quotient is a high level in human ability. Meanwhile Abdul Rahman Shaleh also stated “Intelligence is an ability that exists since a human born and is considered as the highest 2 John W. Santrock and Jane S. Halonen 1999. Psychology Context and Application,Third Edition : The Mac Graw Hill Company. p.250 3 Psychology.about.comodcognitivepsychologypintelligencehtm 4 L. I Thurstone 1998. Introduction to Psychology. P.138 5 Sia Tjundjing 2001. Hubungan Antara IQ, EQ, dan AQ Dengan prestasi studi Pada Sisa SMU. Anima Indonesian Psychological Journal, vol.17., NO.1. p.69-92 6 B. Von Haller Gilmer 1970. Psychology. New York Evanstonand London : Harper and Row Publisher. p.200 ability of soul that only living things owned.” 7 . It can be assumed that intelligence supports someone to move or to develop better than others who gained a lower IQ. Students who have a good IQ should learn easier, they also supposed to have a good academic score in any subjects at school. Of course they tend to have good ability in learning language and good achievements in learning foreign language especially in English language. In addition, there are many reasons that the writer stated before, one of them is IQ that may influence student‟s achievement in academic especially in learning English. In correlation with Intelligence Quotient, it could be assumed that supposedly students with high level IQ will be better in their English achievement than the others. From the definition above, there are some participants who involve in studen t‟s achievement in learning language especially in learning English language. So, the writer is eager to know more deeply about how far IQ influence educational field especially in learning achievement. And the subject of education that the writer chooses is achievement in English language. Therefore, the writer focuses on “THE CORRELATION BETWEEN INTELLIGENECE QUOTIENT IQ AND STUDENT‟S ACHIEVEMENT IN LEARNING ENGLISH AT THE FIRST YEAR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF SMPIT NURUL FIKRI”.

B. Identification of Problem

Based on the background of study discussed above, the writer tries to identify the problem to be researched to avoid the misunderstanding of the study. The writer identify of problems as: a. Why student has a low IQ? 7 Shaleh, Abdul Rahman 2008. Psikologi Suatu Pengantar Dalam Perspektif Islam. Jakarta : Prenada Media Group. P.251 b. Student reach low achievement in learning c. Some students have difficulties in learning English d. IQ has effect to students learning process e. IQ has effect to students learning achievement

C. Limitation of Problem

In order to make it simpler, the writer makes a limitation of this research on the problem of correlation between intelligence quotient and learning achievement in English. They are: a. Intelligence quotient is a score derived by standardized question. It reflects an ability to think and reason. It also reflects the capacity of thinking and problem solving that show the intelligence itself. IQ also connected with someone‟s achievement in educational field. b. Learning Achievement is student‟s record from result of learning activities during certain times obtained by measurement and evaluation using kind of test and the result can be seen by numbers from student‟s report book. Based on the background of study, this research intends to answer the following question: “is there any significant correlation between intelligence quotient and student‟s achievement in English?”. This study focuses on the correlation between intelligence quotient and student‟s achievement in English at the first year junior high school students of SMPIT Nurul Fikri.

D. Aim of Study

The aim of this study is to know students learning achievement in academic process, the other aim of this study is to know student‟s intelligence based on the IQ records calculated by score and the result as data, and to gain information about the correlation between students IQ and their achievement in learning process especially in English.

E. Significance of Study

In line with the formulation of problems described previously, the significance of this study is to provide information about English teaching and learning especially in understanding student‟s with different measurement of IQ towards school subjects especially in English. This study also expected that those findings contribute to teachers, students as an input to improvement teaching learning activity.