Self-esteem and English achievement among religious school students

Abstract

Nik Rosila Nik Yaacob and Faridah Mahadi

The study is to identify the relationship between self-esteem and English achievement among students from Government Assisted Religious School (SABK) in Kedah, Malaysia. The sample of this study consists of 173 students from SABK schools in Kedah, Malaysia. The data of self-esteem is collected by using Self-esteem Scale. Self-esteem Scale is developed by Morris Rosenberg consisted of 10 items and has been translated into Malay language version. The data on students’ achievement in English is retrieved from Lower Secondary Examination (PMR) conducted by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia. The data is analyzed by using SPSS version 18. The result from Pearson correlation and t-test revealed that there is no significant relationship between self esteem and English achievement.