THE EFFECT OF PARENTS’ EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND TO THE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT AT THE SECOND YEAR OF SMPN 8 MAKASSAR

Abstract

The objective of the research is to know of English English learning achievement in the school. In this study the writer used descriptive qualitative research method. This research focus on parents‟ eduation background and students‟ achievement in English learning. In this study used questionnaire as the instrument. Questionnaire is used to get the data about parent‟s eduactional background. It is consists of 16 questions, 8 questions are about father‟s education backround and 8 questions again are about mothers‟s educataion background. In collecting data, the writer used questionnaire and documentation. The writer analyzed data which collected from student‟s questionnaire and documentation. Based on research findings shows that parents‟ education level background at the seventh-grade students of SMPN 8 Makassar was considered medium category. It can be seen from the average value of parent‟s educational background was 90, it is on the interval 87 – 93. The average value of student‟s achievement in English learning was 90. Therefore, the English learning achievement at the seventh-grade students of SMPN 8 Makassar categorized well. In this research, it was found that there was significant between correlation and influence of parent‟s educational background and student‟s English learning achievement. However this correlation and the influence were low, which pointed to other factors influencing students English learning achievement.