THE EFFECT OF MOTIVATION ON STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY

Ayu Nurjannah, Muhammad Sukirlan, Ramlan Ginting

Abstract


Penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk menemukan ada tidaknya pengaruh yang signifikan motivasi pembelajaran berbahasa Inggris terhadap kemampuan berbicara siswa. Desain penelitian ini adalah ex-post facto dengan menggunakan studi perbandingan. Penelitian dilakukan di SMAN 1 Kotabumi dengan populasi siswa kelas XI yang terdiri dari 36 siswa. Instrumen yang dipakai adalah kuisoner motivasi untuk mengukur motivasi dalam pembelajaran bahasa Inggris dan tes berbicara menggunakan prepared talk. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ada pengaruh signifikan antara motivasi siswa terhadap kemampuan berbicara. Ini bisa dilihat dari analisis data bahwa sig = 0. 000 (sig < 0.05). Selain itu, siswa yang memiliki motivasi tinggi memiliki kemampuan berbicara yang lebih baik dibandingkan dengan yang memiliki motivasi rendah. Oleh karena itu, penulis menyarankan para guru bahasa Inggris untuk mempertahankan motivasi siswa untuk semakin memperbaiki kemampuan berbicaranya.

This research aims to find out whether or not there is a significant effect of motivation in learning English on speaking ability. The design of this research is ex post facto research design. This research was conducted in SMAN 1 Kotabumi, and the population was the second grade student consisting of 36 students. The instruments of this research are motivation questionnaire to measure the students’ motivation in learning English and speaking test through prepared talk. The result of this research shows that there is a significant effect of students’ motivation on speaking ability. It can be seen from the result of data analysis that sig = 0. 000 (sig < 0.05). Moreover, the students with high motivation have better speaking ability than those with low motivation. Therefore, the writer suggests that English teacher should maintain students’ motivation in order to improve students’ speaking ability.

 

Keywords: effect, high motivation, low motivation, motivation, speaking ability


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