THE CORRELATION BETWEEN PARTICIPATION IN ENGLISH CLUB EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY AND STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AT SMP NEGERI 23 PEKANBARU

This research aimed at finding out the correlation between English Club Extracurricular activities and Students Academic Performance. It was quantitative research with correlation method. The students participating in English Club activities were the population of this research, and the samples were 23 students. Data were collected through questionnaire to measure student participation in English Club Extracurricular Activities and Documentation of student English Academic scores to assess academic performance. The analysis results showed that student participation in English Club Extracurricular activities was in moderate category, while student academic performance in English subject was in high category. The correlation analysis revealed a very weak and negative correlation between English Club Extracurricular activities and students academic performance, the correlation coefficient of r was -0.080, and the score of significance was higher than 0.05. These findings showed that there was no statiscally significant correlation between the two variables. Therefore, Alternative hypothesis (H1) was rejected, and Null hypothesis (H0) was accepted. It could be concluded that although English Club Extracurricular Activities provided students with oppurtunities to practice English outside of class, this activity was not the only factor influencing student Academic performance in English subject.