The Relationship Between Students Motivation and Their English Speaking Ability at The Tenth Grade on SMKN 8 Kab. Tangerang in The 2014/2015 Academic Year

syamsudin noer; drs. susilo wardoyo, m. pd;

Nahum Ambarwani. “The Relationship between Students’ Motivation and Their English Speaking Ability at the Tenth Grade on SMKN 8 Kab. Tangerang in the 2014/2015 Academic Year”. A paper, English Teaching Program, The Study Programme of English Education, The School of Teachers‘ Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka, Jakarta 2015. The study was held at the tenth grade students of SMKN 8 Kab. Tangerang. The aim of this research is to find out whether there is the relationship between students‘ motivation and their English speaking ability. The method that is used in this study is quantitative research. By approachment of correlation, the technique of collecting the data are using questionnaire and documentation. The writer using questionnaire for collecting the data of variable X and getting speaking skill on Y variable by using non-test. In this case of performance test, the study was held at SMKN 8 Kab. Tangerang which uses questionnaire of variable X has 25 statements, while variable Y the writer gets the score from students‘ speaking skill performance test with theme ―Telling Myself‖. The population on this research are 286 students, the data that the writer has got by using quantitative, as follows standard statistic, analysis Coefficient Correlation of Product Moment, analysis Simple Regression, Testing Coefficient Correlation and Coefficient Determination. Based on the description of the data, the writer used Likert scale to measure the students‘ motivation to know about another perception and get different opinions. The writer use Chi-Square to get a nominal data as frequency calculation. It is for testing the differences of frequency and for testing the differences of percentage. Based on the hypotheses, to get whether Ho is rejected or Ha which is accepted.
Therefore, thitung >ttabel yaitu (thitung = 4.77 > ttabel= 2.042) then hypothesis (Ho) it means there are between students‘ motivation and their English speaking ability is REJECTED. The hypothesis (Ha) is ACCEPTED, it means that there is relationship between students‘ motivation and their English speaking ability. It can be summarized that increasing students‘ motivation is one of influence factors for their English speaking ability. While English speaking ability is one of purposes which is influence by tobserved (to) the achievement of success of the students. The students‘ who has good motivation it will give good influence for their achievement in learning process.