Qurrot Ainy , 2201416145 (2020) TEACHER SOCIAL COMPETENCE, STUDENT LEARNING MOTIVATION, AND LEARNING OUTCOMES IN ENGLISH SUBJECT AT AN INDONESIAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

The quality of education in Indonesia is still far from adequate. Based on the Global Education Monitoring Report from UNESCO data in 2016, the teacher in Indonesia ranked 14th out of 14 developing countries. Moreover, from the Teacher Competency Test in 2015 results, the national average is only 44.5 far below the 75 standard. While according to the study conducted by Chang et al. (2014) both certified and uncertified teachers in their competencies have no impact on student learning outcomes. The purposes of this research are (1) to investigate the correlation between teacher social competence and student learning outcomes in English subject at junior high school (2) to investigate the correlation between student learning motivation and student learning outcomes in English subject at junior high school (3) to investigate the correlation between teacher social competence and student learning motivation in English subject at junior high school. The population of this study is all of the students of Junior High School 1 Purbalingga academic year 2019/2020. The total of the sample in this study is 90 students. The sampling technique is stratified convenience sampling. In collecting data, there were some research instruments used: questionnaires and documentation. The research data was analyzed by Pearson’s product-moment. Based on the analysis and statistical quantification, it was found out that the results of this study were: (1) there is a positive and significant correlation between teacher social competence and student learning outcomes at Junior High School 1 Purbalingga on English subject as shown by the value of Pearson correlation coefficient 0.919. It’s indicated a very strong correlation; (2) there is a positive and significant correlation between student learning motivation and student learning outcomes at Junior High School 1 Purbalingga on English subject as shown by the value of Pearson correlation coefficient 0.908. It’s also indicated a very strong correlation; (3) there is a positive and significant correlation between teacher social competence and student learning motivation at Junior High School 1 Purbalingga on English subject as shown by the value of Pearson correlation coefficient 0.994. It’s a very strong correlation. As a conclusion, teacher social competence correlation is higher than student learning motivation. Therefore, the teacher should work on their social skill to improve student learning outcomes. On the other hand, the students need to motivate themselves.

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