Comparative Study of Introvert and Extrovert Students on Their English Learning Achievement at Second Grade of SMAN 1 Konawe Selatan

Abstract

This research aimed to find out what characters were owned by students and which one had a better English score between introverted and extroverted students in grade-2nd students at SMAN 1 Konawe Selatan. This research used an ex post facto research design with a descriptive quantitative approach. In collecting data, questionnaires and documentation were used as instruments. The questionnaire was adapted from the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) which categorizes students into introverts and extroverts. The total population in this research was all students of grade-2nd in the first-semester academic year 2021/2022 as many as 160 students. The researcher only took 50 introverted students and 70 extroverted students as respondents. To analyze the data, it was though the technique; of data collection, data identification, data classification, explanation, tabulation, and data analysis used descriptive statistical techniques which are processed in SPSS 23.0 program and draw a conclusion based on statistical results. The results showed that from independent sample t-test had a probability value (sig.2-tailed) < 0.05, where to 4162 was higher than ttable 1.99 and 2.6. Based on the research results, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. In conclusion, the scores of extrovert students' English achievement are better than introvert students.
 Keywords: Introvert, Extrovert, Learning Achievement