THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS’ LEARNING MOTIVATION AND THEIR SPEAKING ABILITY AT SMA PERTIWI 1 PADANG

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ABSTRACT

This correlational research aimed to find out the correlation between the second grade students’ motivation and their speaking ability at SMA Pertiwi 1 Padang. The study utilized cluster random sampling to select a sample of 35 students. The study used two instruments to collect the data namely questionnaire for learning motivation and speaking test for speaking ability. The study revealed that the correlation between students’ learning motivation and their speaking ability was positive. Specifically the value of Rcalculated was higher than Rtable ( 0.368 > 0.344 df n-2 the value 0.05).  The study also found the degree of students’ learning motivation in categorized high (The students who had high motivation is 52%). And this study found the level of students’ speaking ability was very good ( 97% students had very high speaking ability). Based on the findings, this study recommends that English teacher should improve students’ learning motivation and engage their speaking ability. An interactive activity in learning process can help the student who has difficulty in speaking and low motivation.

Keywords : Correlation, Learning Motivation, Speaking Ability