The Achievement in Learning English between Gender at Junior High School (A Case Study at MTs Al Burhan Kota Bandung)

Abstract

In learning, there are no differences between male and female, both male and female have the same oppotunity in developing knowledge and skills. In MTs Al Burhan Kota Bandung there is specific phenomenon, in learning English, achievement of female students is higher than male students. The method that is used by the writer is using descriptive research with stratified proportionate random sampling. The populationof the research is the students of the second grade of MTs Al Burhan Kota Bandung, as the sample, takes 30 male and 30 female students. Both groups are given opportunities to do exercise and practice in speaking and writing, next their result of the study will be scored and used as data to be processed and analyzed. Based on the result findings, some conclusion as the effort to recapitulate the essential meanings from the result of this study can be draw that the learing English achievement between male adn female students at MTs Al Burhan Kota Bandung has differences though they taught by the same teacher. Beside the conclusion, also leads to some suggestions especially for the teachers of english and for all parties ; 1). For the institutional ; the school has to be effective in learing process if the teacher has to handle many classes by him self, 2). The students share their interest, the materials should be interesting, 3). The students have to aware that English language is important for developing their knowledge and their future. 4). The teacher has to know the students’ ineterst and needs and not force the students what the teacher wants.