Relationship of Students’ Engagement and Motivation in Achievement in English

Abstract

EFL students in some English classes are lack of motivation to engage in English learning activities as what some English teachers reported. This study was toexplore the correlation between student engagement in English learning and theirEnglish achievement, the correlation between motivation in English learning andEnglish achievement analyzed by Pearson correlation. The 90 eleventh gradestudents, Social 1 and 2, Science 1, 2 and 3 were the respondents. Conveniencesampling method was utilized in collecting the data, and the findings revealed thateleventh grade student engagement in English learning was low, their motivationin English learning was high, and their English achievement was high. There wasno significant correlation between student engagement in English learning and theirachievement; however, there was a significant correlation between eleventh gradestudent motivation in English learning and English achievement. Therefore,English teachers are to motivate their students by presenting interesting andchallenging English lessons that allow students to engage in English learning inorder for them to improve their English achievement, students need to aware theimportance of boosting themselves in English learning, so they can engage in everyactivity in English learning.