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ABSTRACT Bella Nofriyanti, 2317.056, The title “The Correlation Between Students’ Interest and Motivation on Academic Achievement in Learning English in SMA N 2 Lubuk Basung”. A thesis Engish Education Department of State Islamic University Sjech M.DJamil Djambek Bukittinggi, 2022/2023. Theoretically, interest and motivation are two aspects that contributed to students’ success in learning. This research is aimed at determining a correlation between students' interest and motivation in students' English learning achievement. Empirically, the rationalities of the research are based on the three main rationales. Firstly, students’ had low participation in the learning process, Secondly, students’ had low responsibility for the tasks given by the teacher, and Thridly, the average students’ scores are below the Standard Minimum Completeness (KKM). Such factors relate closely to the students’ interest and motivation in learning English. The type of research is correlational research using quantitative method. The population of research was students of class XII SMA N 2 Lubuk Basung, encompassing four classes namely class XII IPA 1, XII IPA 2, XII IPS 1 and XII IPS 2 which amounted to 118 students. The sample of the research was 30 students selected using a random sampling technique. The research instruments were a questionnaire of students’ interest and motivation in learning English, and as documentation is students’ English Mid term test scores. This research found that there was a significant correlation between students’ interest and students’ learning achievement, with the score of sig. 0,001 0,05 and the score of the correlation is 0,580 which indicates the strength of the correlation is enough. The correlation between motivation and students’ learning achievement with the score of sig. 0,027 0,05 and the score of the correlation is 0,402 which indicates the strength of the correlation is enough, this means that there was a significant correlation between motivation and students’ learning achievement in learning English. Multiple correlations was obtained with the score of sig. 0,002 0,05 and the score of the correlation is 0,607 which indicates the strength of the correlation is enough. This research concludes that there was a significant correlation between students’ interest and motivation simultaneously on students’ learning achievement in learning English.