THE CORRELATION BETWEEN DIGITAL LITERACY AND STUDENT ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT AT VIII GRADE MTS ISHLAAHUL UMMAH

In today's digital era, it is easy to access the internet in everyone's hands, making
it a challenge in itself for learning development. This research aims to: (1) Find out
the description of digital literacy of class VIII students at MTs Ishlaahul Ummah;
(2) Knowing the description of student English achievement for class VIII students
at MTs Ishlaahul Ummah; (3) Knowing the correlation between digital literacy and
student English achievement for class VIII students at MTs Ishlaahul Ummah; This
research used a quantitative approach and association methodology with a class
VIII population of 130 students and a sample of 98 students. The technique in this
research uses a simple random sampling technique and is calculated using the
Slovin formula. Data collection techniques are by means of observation,
questionnaires, and documentation. The data method used is Simple Linear
Regression.The results of the research show that: (1) There is digital literacy of
students at MTs Ishlaahul Ummah, showing that for the very high category, namely
59 students, in the high category, namely 25 students, in the medium category,
namely 8 students, and in the low category, namely 6 students; (2) There is a
student's English achievement at MTs Ishlaahul Ummah, equal to 75 with the
largest percentage in the medium category, namely 43%, in the high category at
22%, and in the low category at 15%; (3) There is a large contribution of the
positive influence of the independent variable (X) on the dependent variable (Y),
namely 0.679 or 67.9%, the remaining 32.1% is influenced by other factors not
examined in the research. Suggestion for other researchers to obtain better
research result in the future, it is necessary to carry out continuous testing
regarding students’ English achievement by adding other variables and for
teachers are to provide education to students regarding the importance of having
digital literacy skills.