The Relationship Between Students’ Learning Motivation And Their Narrative Writing Skill At The Tenth Grade Students on SMAN 2 Tambun Selatan In 2016/2017 Academic Year

joyce a. turangan; martriwati, m.pd.; fidaniar tiarsiwi, m.pd.;

ERINA APRIYANTI, NIM: 13010165053. The Relationship Between Students’ Learning Motivation And Their Narrative Writing Skill At The Tenth Grade Students on SMAN 2 Tambun Selatan In 2016/2017 Academic Year, Skripsi, The Study Programme Of English Education, The School of Teaching Trainning and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr.Hamka Jakarta,2017.
The objective of the research is to find out the empirical evidence of whether or not there is a significant relationship between the students’ learning motivation and their narrative writing skill at the tenth grade students of SMAN 2 Tambun Selatan in the 2016/2017 academic year. It was conducted in August to the tenth grade students of SMAN 2 Tambun Selatan.
The method of the research is a survey that employed quantitative analysis. It involves correlation technique by giving the questionnaire of the students’ learning motivation and the writing test. To calculate the correlation between X variable (the students’ learning motivation) and Y variable (Their narrative writing skill), the writer used the formula of Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation.
According to the result of the analysis and statistical calculation, it is found that the value of ro is 0.69 and rt is 0.36. It means that the value of ro is higher than the value of rt (0.69 > 0.36). Since ro is higher than rt, it means that Ho is rejected and Hi is accepted. Afterward, from the significant test, the value of to is 5.09 and tt is 1.70, and it means that to > tt = 5.09 > 1.70. It assumed that Ho is rejected and Hi is accepted. It can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between students’ learning motivation and their narrative writing skill of the tenth grade students of SMAN 2 Tambun Selatan.