PENGARUH MINAT DAN MOTIVASI BELAJAR TERHADAP PRESTASI AKADEMIK MAHASISWA SEKOLAH TINGGI BAHASA HARAPAN BERSAMA

Abstract

Mastering foreign language are used as a step to improve competence when someone get into the workforce. That awareness lead many Indonesians interested in taking Chinese major for their further study. Interest and motivation are one of the factors which could affect learning achievements. A person with low interest while starting something new will have a sense of laziness and without high learning motivation can make a person lost their interest to continue their activities. Therefore, researchers would like to know if there is an impact of interest and motivation on student achievements at Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Harapan Bersama. The research method used in this research is descriptive method with data collection techniques through questionnaires and documentary studies where students of Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Harapan Bersama become the members of population. There are three variables studied in this study, namely: learning interest (X1), learning motivation (X2) and learning achievement (Y). The data analysis technique used is qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques using the SPSS 17.0 program with multiple linear regression to determine whether there is a relationship between