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

The purpose of this research was to find the correlation between the
Second Grade Students’ Learning Motivation an Their Speaking Ability at
SMA Pertiwi 1 Padang.. The design of this research was correlational
research. The population of this research is class XI students SMA Pertiwi
1 Padang. The cluster random sampling technique was used in this research
to collect data and the sample was class XIF2 which consisted of 36
students. The data collection instruments in this research were
questionnaire and speaking test.
Based on data analysis, there is a positive correlation between the
Second Grade Studenst’ Learning Motivation and Their Speaking Ability
at SMA Pertiwi 1 Padang. It can be shown from the result of the data
analysis that the value of ����������� of this research was 0, 368, while the
value of ������ with the level significance 0,05 and the degree of freedom
(df = n - 2) was0,344. It means that the ����������� was higher than ������
(0,368 > 0,344). And the correlation between the students’ learning
motivation and their speaking ability was categorized low correlation.
Finally based on the finding, it can be concluded that the
alternative hypothesis of this research stating that there is a significant
correlation between the Second Grade Students’ Learning Motivation and
Their Speaking Ability at SMA Pertiwi 1 Padang was accepted. By having
known that, Teachers should improve students’ learning motivation in
English subject, this can impact to their speaking ability because learning
motivation has a significant impact in students’ speaking ability. Students
are advised to improve their learning motivation and practice more their
speaking ability.
Keywords: learning, motivation, speaking