THE ROLE OF SELF-EFFICACY IN WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF INDONESIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Asmaul Husna; Ary Setya Budhi Ningrum; Galuh Nur Rohmah

doi:10.34001/edulingua.v8i1.1602

THE ROLE OF SELF-EFFICACY IN WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF INDONESIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Asmaul Husna, Ary Setya Budhi Ningrum, Galuh Nur Rohmah

Abstract

Writing is one of productive skills in English learning. This activity can be influenced by another psychological factor such as self-efficacy. It is a psychological factor that is related to someone belief in doing something successfully. This research aims at investigating the correlation between self-efficacy and writing achievement. This research uses correlation quantitative as the research design. The participants are 110 students of the tenth grade students of MAN 1 Kota Kediri. To get data, the instruments used are self-efficacy questionnaire and writing test. The result of this research revealed that there is no significant correlation between self-efficacy and writing achievement.

Keywords

Self-efficacy; writing achievement; correlation

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