CORRELATION BETWEEN SELF-EFFICACY AND STUDENTS’ WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF SIXTH SEMESTER OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM AT BENGKULU UNIVERSITY

This correlation research aimed to examine the correlation between self-efficacy and
student writing achievement of sixth semester of English Education Study Program at
Bengkulu University. The population was 112 students from the 6th semester of the
English education study program at the University of Bengkulu and the sample was
87 students with a random sampling technique. Because there are 3 classes from
semester 6, 29 students are used per class. Data collection for self-efficacy was a self-
efficacy questionnaire from Bandura’s theory (1977). The results of the validity test
for questionnaire obtained as many as 23 valid statement items and the reliability test
was 0.978. Data collection for writing achievement is to look at students' academic
writing marks. Data analysis is calculated by Product Moment correlation. The results
of the study show that (1) students have moderate self-efficacy, (2) students have
high writing achievement, (3) with a score of 0.591, there is a moderate relationship
between self-efficacy and writing achievement, and (4) with a significant value
between the two variables is 0.00, so there is a significant relationship between self-
efficacy and writing achievement. This showed that there is a relationship between
self-efficacy and writing achievement although there are other factors that can
influence the success of student writing activities. This result suggests that there are
other factors that have a relationship with writing achievement that can be studied.
Keywords: Self-efficacy, Writing Achievement