The Relationship of Learning Style and Students’ Achievement in Language Learning

Evi Maulida Fitri, Nurmalia Nurmalia

Abstract


Learning English has become the primary need for students since Indonesia has prepared for the coming of Asia Economic Society. It affects to the process of learning English that should achieve the certain objectives and achievements. The extent of students’ achievement may be influenced by some factors, which one of them is learning style. This article aims to determine whether this factor has significant correlation toward students’ achievement. The population of this research was students of Senior High School in Bekasi. It is specified into sample that the 53 tenth grade students. The research method that accommodates this research is correlational study which explores the relationship between two variables. Based on the research, the result revealed that there is no significant correlation of learning style toward students’ achievement in SMAN 7 Bekasi.


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30870/aiselt.v0i0.10883

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