Abstract
Students are the main assets of universities. Students’ academic performance has been the top priority for themselves, educators, researchers, government, and parents. There have been many studies that sought to investigate factors that influence students’ academic performance and they discover that hard work, discipline, class attendance, self-motivation, previous schooling and family’s income affect students’ academic performance, and these seem to have significant effects on the students’ final Cumulative Grade Point Average, CGPA. This study aims to investigate whether students’ English language results and their entry results during admission are also factors that influence their final Cumulative Grade Point Average, CGPA. Multiple linear regression was the analysis used to determine the effect of English proficiency towards students’ academic performance. Thus, the results will show the factors that significantly contribute to the students’ academic performance.
Highlights
The higher learning institutions in Malaysia are growing in number which indicates a positive improvement towards the opportunities for individuals to pursue their higher education and as a result increasing the growth of human capital of the country [5]
From the bar chart in figure 2, an average of 245 students has an admission cumulative grade point average (CGPA) in between 2.50 and 2.99 from the year 2015, 2016 and 2017. It shows that a high number of students received an admission CGPA within that range
An average of 274 students have a final CGPA between 3.00 and 3.49 from the year 2015, 2016 and 2017. It shows that a high number of students received a final CGPA within that range and it shows that there is an average increase of students who have received a higher final CGPA compared to the average of admission CGPA
Summary
The higher learning institutions in Malaysia are growing in number which indicates a positive improvement towards the opportunities for individuals to pursue their higher education and as a result increasing the growth of human capital of the country [5]. English is used as the second language in the country [11]. It is through the vehicle of English language that student accesses knowledge in other subject areas. Some universities in Malaysia today are teaching fully in English. To this effect, proficiency in the English language is essentially for academic success alone but performing in life as various individuals. It is crucial for us to study whether students’ English language proficiency influences their academic performance or not
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