The Relationship between Students' Learning Motivation and Their Speaking Ability at The Seventh Grade of The Second Semester on SMPN 222 Jakarta in 2017/2018 Academic Year

dr. nendi juhandi, m.m. ; ani silvia, stp., m.sc; dr. roslaini, m.hum.; drs. zuhad ahmad, m.pd.;

AZZAM TAWAKKAL: 1401065149. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS‟ LEARNING MOTIVATION AND THEIR SPEAKING ABILITY AT THE SEVENTH GRADE OF THE SECOND SEMESTER ON SMPN 222 JAKARTA IN 2017/ 2018 ACADEMIC YEAR. A Paper: the Study Programme of English Education, the School of Teacher Training and Education, the University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka, Jakarta 2018.
The objective of this study was to find out the empirical evidence whether there is a relationship or not between students‟ learning motivation and their speaking ability at the seventh grade of the second semester on SMPN 222 Jakarta in 2017/ 2018 Academic Year.
This study was held in October 2018 with 214 students as the population and 36 students in VII-E as the sample. The method of this study was quantitative survey method. The instruments used for collecting the data were motivation questionnaire and speaking test about describing things. The scores of two variables were calculated by using Pearson‟s Product Moment Correlation.
Based on the result of Chi-Square test, the data of two variables have normal distribution. The result of normality in X and Y variable are smaller than X2t= 7.81. The result of X= 3.22 and Y= 3.67. From the scattered diagram, the scores show the straight line and linear. From the r-test, the result of ro= 0.89 is bigger than rt= 0.325. As ro > rt, it can be said Ho is rejected and Hi is accepted. From the t-test, the result of to= 11.35 is bigger than tt= 1.69. Therefore, there is a significant relationship between students‟ learning motivation and their speaking ability at the seventh grade of the second semester on SMPN 222 Jakarta in 2017/ 2018 Academic Year.