STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN SPEAKING AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SPEAKING ABILITY AT SECOND GRADE OF SMA TRI BHAKTI PASURUAN

Abstract

Abstract: The aim of this research was to find out whether there is significant correlation between students interest in speaking and speaking ability at second grade of SMA Tri Bakti Pasuruan. The population and sample of this research are 32 students XI SMA Tri Bakti Pasuruan. The instruments were student interest in the classroom and speaking ability test. The result showed that the mean score for students interest the mean score for the participants is 85.63 and the basic deviation is 7.920; for speaking ability score the mean for the participant is 71.53 and the basic deviation is 4.683. The levels of probability (p) significance (sig.2-tailed) were .038. It means that p (.038) that lower than .05. Thus, there was significant relationship among the students’ speaking interest and their speaking ability. It is implied that it can be concluded that speaking interest is a significant aspect to influence speaking ability. This also mean that the greater the interest on speaking, better than students' speaking ability.

 

Keywords: Interest, Speaking, And Ability.