THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS’ SELF CONFIDENCE AND LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT IN DESCRIPTIVE WRITING OF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS ON SMAN 41 NORTH JAKARTA IN THE FIRST SEMESTER 2014/2015 ACADEMIC YEAR

nabila putri ma�rifatul huda; drs. sigit sumarsono, m.pd.; dra. roslaini, m. hum.;

AHMAD IQBAL FAUZY. Student identity: 1001065011. The relationship
between self-confidence and learning achievement in descriptive writing of the
tenth grade students on SMAN 41 North Jakarta in the first semester 2014/2015
academic year. A paper, Jakarta. The Study Program of English Education, The
School of Teacher Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof.
DR. HAMKA, 2015.
This paper is intended to know whether there is a relationship between
students’ self-confidence and their learning achievement in descriptive writing of
the tenth grade students on SMAN 41 North Jakarta in the first semester 2014/2015
academic year. The independent variable (X) is the self-confidence, meanwhile the
dependent variable (Y) is learning achievement.
The research used quantitative survey method. The population in this
research were seven (7) classes with total 220 students of the tenth grade students
of SMAN 41 Jakarta 2014/2015 academic year. There are X IPS 1, X IPS 2, X IPS
3, X IPS 4, X IPA 1, X IPA 2, and X IPA 3. The writer used purposive sampling
technique. From those samples, the writer took only 30 students who belonged to
X IPA 1 Class as the sample of this research. To obtain the data of X variable (selfconfidence),
the writer distributed questionnaire consisted of 30 items. To obtain
the data of Y variable (learning achievement of descriptive writing), the writer used
a writing test.
After analyzing the data, it was found that both sample data (X and Y) have
been normally distributed because χ2
o < χ2
t X data (5.44 <7.81), Y data (6.21 <
7.81). The correlation found was r-observed = 0.815 and r-table = 0.394 in a
significant 0.05 with n= 30. Because r-observed > r-table, so Howas rejected and Hi
was accepted, it meant that there has been a relationship between students’ selfconfidence
and their learning achievement in descriptive writing of the tenth grade
students on SMAN 41 North Jakarta in the first semester 2014/2015 academic year.