THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LEARNING MOTIVATION AND THEIR SPEAKING ABILITY (A Case Study at the Eleventh Grade of SMA Negeri 4 Tasikmalaya)
Oleh: Risa Rahmawati, M.Pd. Dosen Program Studi Pendidikan Guru Madrasah Ibtidaiyah STAI AL Maarif Ciamis THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LEARNING MOTIVATION AND THEIR SPEAKING ABILITY (A Case Study at the Eleventh Grade of SMA Negeri 4 Tasikmalaya) ABSTRAK Motivasi merupakan sebuah dorongan yang kuat dari dalam diri seseorang untuk melakukan sesuatu hal untuk mencapai sebuah tujuan. Dalam hal ini, motivasi dari dalam diri siswa menjadi salah satu faktor yang mempengaruhi keberhasilan kemampuan berbicara mereka. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara motivasi belajar bahasa Inggris siswa SMA Negeri 4 Tasikmalaya dan kemampuan berbicara bahasa Inggris mereka. Metode penelitian menggunakan metode korelasi. Populasi penelitian, seluruh siswa kelas XI SMA Negeri 4 Tasikmalaya terdiri dari 8 kelas sebanyak 307 siswa. Penulis mengambil sampel kelas XI IPA 1 menggunakan random sampling technique. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner dan tes. Hasil kuesioner dan tes dianalisis menggunakan rumus uji korelasi linier dua variabel. Hasil pengolahan data menunjukan bahwa nilai Fhitung = 429,13 dan Ftabel = 4,12 (Fhitung > Ftabel), artinya, Ho ditolak, dan Ha diterima. Hal ini berarti, terdapat korelasi antara motivasi belajar bahasa Inggris siswa dan kemampuan berbicara bahasa Inggris siswa SMA Negeri 4 Tasikmalaya. Sementara, hasil perhitungan menggunakan rumus Pearson Product Moment Correlation menunjukan koefisien korelasi 0,96. Hal itu berarti, terdapat hubungan yang sangat tinggi antara motivasi belajar bahasa Inggris siswa dan kemampuan berbicara bahasa Inggris mereka. Dengan demikian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa semakin tinggi motivasi belajar bahasa Inggris siswa, maka akan semakin baik pula kemampuan berbicara bahasa Inggris mereka. Kata kunci: Penelitian korelasi, motivasi instrinsik, kemampuan berbicara ABSTRACT Motivation is the strong drive that comes within someone himself to do something to achieve a goal. In this case, motivation inside of the students themselves is one of the factors that influences on the students’ success in learning language, especially English speaking ability. The aim of this research is to know the accurate data about the correlation between students’ English learning motivation and their speaking ability at the eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 4 Tasikmalaya. The method uses in this research is correlational method. The population of this research is all students at the eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 4 Tasikmalaya in the academic year 2012/2013. The total numbers of population are 307 students divided into 8 classes. From the population, the writer takes the eleventh grade of IPA 1 class consisting of 37 students as the sample of this research by using random sampling technique. To collect the data, the writer uses questionnaire to find out the students’ English learning motivation and subjective test to know their speaking ability. The technique of analysing the data, the writer uses the linier correlation formula between two variables. The result of analising the data shows Fobserved (429.13) > Ftable(4.12), it means that there is correlation between students’ English learning motivation and their speaking ability. While, the result of calculating data by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation shows that (r) value is 0.96, it means that the correlation coefficient between the students’ English learning motivation and their speaking ability is very high. In other words, the higher students’ English learning motivation, the better students’ English speaking ability will be. Key words: Correlation method, intrinsic motivation, speaking ability INTRODUCTION In language learning, speaking ability is an important aspect that should be mastered by the students. It helps them to express ideas, thoughts, feelings, information, and experiences verbally to another person. In fact, common problems and difficulties are often found by the students in learning and practicing speaking. One of the problems is the motivation to eliminate the fear of making mistake when speaking. In a learning process, there are several factors influencing the students’ learning result; they are external and internal factors. External factors mean the factors that come outside of the students. They are families, schools and communities. Internal factors mean the factors that grow inside of the students. They are motivation, interests, talents, and intelligence. Motivation is one of the factors that influences on the students in learning language. Motivation is the strong drive that comes within someone himself to do something and to achive a goal. Ur, Penny (1991:121) states that, “Characteristics of a successful speaking activity are: a. Learners talk a lot; b. Participation is even; c. Motivation is high; d. Language is of an acceptable level.” Based on the theory, one of the factors that influences on the students’ success in learning speaking is high motivation. Based on the explanation above, the writer is interested in doing a research entitled, “The Correlation between Students’ English Learning Motivation and Their Speaking Ability (A Case Study at the Eleventh Grade of SMA Negeri 4 Tasikmalaya).” RESEARCH METHODOLOGY In this research, the writer uses the correlation method. It is intended to investigate the correlation between the students’ English learning motivation and their speaking ability. This research has two variables. They are independent and dependent variables. The independent variabel is students’ English learning motivation symbolized by X, because this variable causes other variable. The dependent variable is students’ English speaking ability symbolized by Y, because this variable is result of other variable. The population of this research is all of the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 4 Tasikmalaya in academic year 2012-2013. The total of number population are 307 students divided into 8 classes. The writer takes class XI IPA 1 consisting of 37 students as the sample of this research by using random sampling technique. To collect the data the writer uses questionnaire and test. The questionnaire given by the writer purposes to obtain the data about students’ English learning motivation that consists of 20 items. While speaking test given by the writer is intended to determine the students’ English speaking ability. The students are asked to retell a chosen story. To examine the validity of the research instrument, the writer uses internal validity. Sugiyono (2012:123) states, “Instrumen yang mempunyai validitas internal atau rasional, bila kriteria yang ada dalam instrumen secara rasional (teoritis) telah mencerminkan apa yang diukur. Jadi kriterianya ada didalam instrumen
