The Influence of Self-Efficacy on Students' Academic Achievement

This study was accomplished to explore the students’ level of self-efficacy and how self-efficacy influence the students’ academic achievement. Two data collection techniques were used in this research: quantitative data obtained from the questionnaire and the qualitative data gained from the semi-structured interview. This study involved 6 students in the fifth semester in the Department of English Language Education of Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh. The sample was chosen by using purposive sampling. Furthermore, based on the questionnaire result, it was found that there were 24% students have high self-efficacy, 76% students have moderate self-efficacy, and 0% student has low self-efficacy. Moreover, based on the interview’s analysis, most of the students argued that self-efficacy influence on their academic achievement through motivation, confidence, setting and monitoring the academic plan. It was supported by interview result showing that the students realized that self-efficacy played a big role in increasing their academic achievement.