THE EFFECT OF LEARNING STYLES AND MOTIVATION ON INDONESIAN STUDENTS� ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT

Abstract

This research aims to find out whether there is any significant interaction between motivation and learning style on students� English achievement in Bandar Lampung. This research is a non-experimental study with variant analysis study. The research involves 430 students of Science Department, Faculty of Teaching and Education, University of Lampung, Indonesia. Data were taken by giving a set of test in which validity and reliability are tested. Data for motivation and learning styles were taken from students� reponses to multiple choice questionnaire each consisting of 40 questions. The results of the analysis show that there is no significant interaction between motivation and learning styles on students� English Achievement. This means that the combination of motivation and learning styles cannot distinguish between high achiever students and the lower ones. Learning styles have significant influence on students� English achievement. Students with different learning styles have different English achievement. Motivation does not have significant effect on students� English achievement. Students with different motivation did not have different result of English achievement.Keywords: motivation, learning styles, English achievement.