Correlation between Self-Esteem
and the English Achievement to the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 03 Ketapang
in the Academic Year of 2015-2016.
This research was aimed to find out the correlation between self-esteem and
students’ English achievement. This research was conducted through correlational
design. The sample of this research was the tenth grade students of SMA N 03
Ketapang in the academic year of 2015-2016.The sample was taken by using
disporpotionate stratified random sampling which took five students from each
class then there were forty students as the sample.
This research used indirect communication as the technique of data
collection. The tools of data collection were questionnaire and school document.
Then, the data analysis used in this research was statistical analysis. To find out the
relationship between self-esteem and students’ English achievement, this research
used Pearson Product Moment as the formula.
The result of this research showed that there is a positive correlation between
self-esteem and students’ English achievement with the significant of correlation is
0.374 and the correlation is catagorized as moderate correlation.