The Effect of Extracurricular Activities During Junior High School on Students’ English Achievement (a Case of SMAN 1 Tongkuno)

Abstract

This study investigated whether is or not a significant difference of students’ English achievement between students who follow extracurricular activitie (English club) and those who don’t at the grade one of SMAN 1 Tongkuno. The research questions of this study is “ is there any significant difference of students’ English achievement between students who follow extracurricular activities and who don’t follow extracurricular activities at the grade one of SMAN 1 Tongkuno ?”  the hypothesis of this study is “ There is a significant difference of students’ English achievement between students who follow extracurricular activities and those who do not at the grade one of SMAN 1 Tongkuno. The population of this study was all of the grade one of SMAN 1 Tongkuno both who follow extracurricular activities and those who don’t that registered in academic year 2017/2018. The total of populations of the grade on of SMAN 1 Tongkuno were 171 students. The sample of this study were 60 students.  There were 30 students for students who follow exracurricular activities  and 30 students who do not follow extracurricular activities. In taking sample, the writer used simple random sampling. The sample used for the students who follow extracurricular and who don’t follow. The writer used final test or book report of the semester one marks to know the students english achievement and used questionnaire to detect the students who follow extracurricular activities. In analyzing the data, examining the hypothesis, the writer used descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The result show that there is a significant difference of students’ English achievement who follow extracurricular activities and do not follow extracurricular activities in learning English. It is proven by inferential statistics show that the value of t-count= 8,37 was higher than t-table= 1,67. Hence extracurricular activities can be influential in improving students' achievement in Learning English.