RT - Journal Article T1 - A Correlation Study on Achievement of English Learners JF - mjltm YR - 2018 JO - mjltm VO - 8 IS - 3 UR - http://mjltm.org/article-1-187-en.html SP - 407 EP - 430 K1 - Motivation K1 - Attitude K1 - Achievement K1 - Proficiency K1 - success AB - This present study was conducted to re-examine motivation and attitude of language learners and its correlation to their learning achievement. Low English language proficiency among Malaysian students has drawn researchers’ attention to conduct the study within higher learning institution. This cross-sectional study was carried out involving 329 participants those were required to respond for self-administered questionnaire and taking four language skills test which was developed by researchers with the assistant of experience language lecturers. Descriptive and inference analysis were adopted to answer the research objectives. The finding has demonstrated that participants of the study have higher integrative motivation (8.07) and moderate level attitudes towards the learning of English language (6.81). However correlation test has shown a there is a low correlation (r = 0.111) between students’ motivation and English language achievement tests. Whereby there is a moderately low correlation (r = 0.224) between students’ attitude and English language achievement tests. In future investigations it might be possible to study other types of motivation such as intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in order to determine the success for language learners. LA eng UL http://mjltm.org/article-1-187-en.html M3 10.26655/mjltm.2018.3.11 ER -