achieve higher grade point averages, course passing rates, course completion rates, and short-term retention rates is significant. That tutored students say
tutoring was useful and that they are able to use what they learned is positive.
F. Thinking Framework
Achievement or test scores are the result of the end of an assessment of an education; it can reach high and low numbers depending on the students learning
process. In the learning processes, besides in the formal school, students can take a course or learn by themselves at home.
From the different choices of learning, it can see the differences in the students’ test score and take the conclusion which is the better score of the test. If
the students who take a course have a better score than the students who don’t
take a course, it means there are big contributions from the course. The result of this research could become an advice for the other students in
order to choose the best learning process that can help them improve the achievement or their test scores.
G.
The test of Hypotehesis
This study is to answer such a question “Is there any significant relationship or correlation between Students’ Enrollment in English Courses and Students’
English Achievement? ”.
To get an answer the writer proposed Altenative Hypothesis Ha and Null Hypothesis Ho as follows:
1. Ha: There is significant relationship or correlation between Students’
Enrollment in English Courses and Students’ English Achievement 2.
Ho: There is no significant relationship or correlation between Students’ Enrollment in English Courses and Students’ English Achievement
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CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
A. Place and Time of study
To collect the data, the research took a place in the SMPN 239 Jakarta. This school is located in Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta. The writer chose this school
because the writer already knew the students’ knowledge about English. The writer started the research on October 2015. The writer held the research in the
English class.
B. Method of Research
This study involves two variables namely joining English Course and students’ English achievement. In this study, the writer used a quantitative
method with the correlation method. The writer used Point-Biserial Correlation Coefficient which is a correlation measure of the strength of association between
a continuous-level variable ratio or interval data and a binary variable. Binary variables are variables of nominal scale with only two values. The writer used
SPSS to analyze the research with the formula;
Where: rpbi = point-biserial correlation coefficient.
Mp = whole-test mean for students answering item correctly. Mq = whole-test mean for students answering item incorrectly.
