<![CDATA[ABSTRACT This study maps how cultural and social capital relate to English achievement among Indonesian digital natives in higher education, conceptualizing capital not as direct skill but as a structuring sociocultural resource shaping students’ positioning within the academic field. Data were collected from 53 first-semester undergraduates at Universitas Teknologi Digital Indonesia enrolled in English 1 (Odd Semester 2025/2026). Students completed a 35-item cultural–social capital questionnaire using a six-point frequency scale, and official scores were obtained for Presentation, Writing, Skill-Based Assessment (SBA), Quiz, Midterm, and Final. Records were linked to survey responses through name harmonization (NIM for verification), after deduplication and cleaning of multi-choice cells. Analyses included reliability checks, descriptives, correlations, and domain-specific regressions. The distribution of capital indicated a shift from traditional high-brow markers toward functional literacies; institutionalized and social capital were highest. Embodied capital aligned most with SBA, and social/objectified capital aligned modestly with Quiz/Final; Writing showed near-zero associations. Multivariable models explained small variance (R²≈.05–.08), indicating that capital operated as a background structuring condition rather than a strong linear predictor of performance. Findings encourage pedagogy that integrates domestic literacy supports and students’ social lives, targeting oral confidence and writing development with context-responsive tasks, while highlighting how assessment practices may differentially recognize forms of capital within the academic field. The study links Bourdieusian capital to domain-specific English outcomes in an Indonesian HE context, demonstrating how sociocultural resources exert subtle, field-specific influence rather than large direct statistical effects. Keywords: Cultural Capital; Social Capital; English Achievement; Parental Involvement; Digital Natives; Indonesian Higher Education.]]>
