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THE CORRELATION BETWEEN TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND STUDENTS' ENGLISH ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AT SMA SRIJAYA NEGARA PALEMBANG
Teachers act as facilitators and role models, shaping students' motivation, perceptions, and attitudes toward learning English. Teachers with diverse teaching strategies and methodologies can accommodate their students' varied needs and learning styles, ensuring inclusivity and engagement across diverse classroom settings. Therefore, it is crucial to recognize that teachers' professional competence is essential for positively influencing student academic outcomes. This study aims to investigate whether there was a significant correlation between teachers’ professional competence and students’ English academic outcomes at SMA Srijaya Negara Palembang. This study was applied quantitative research design with correlational design. The instruments of this study were the questionnaire teachers’ professional competence and the documentation of students’ English Academic Outcomes. The data were analyzed by using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation in SPSS 25. The findings revealed that: first, most of the teachers were categorized as High category. Second, most of the students were categorized as High category. Third, there was a low significant correlation between teachers’ professional competence and students’ English academic outcomes.