THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ LISTENING ABILITY AND THEIR SPEAKING SKILL

Abstract

The research study entitled “The correlation between students listening ability and
speaking skill”. This correlation study done in the first semester of regular of English
Education Study Program at Bale Bandung University 2019/2020 academic year
consisted of 27 students. The research questions of this research (1) Is there any
correlation between students’ listening ability and their speaking skill? (2) If there is
correlation it is high, moderate, and low? To answer the research, the researcher used
Pearson Product Moment. It was found that the derived t = 5.071 is greater the table
critical value of t = 2.060, at p = .05 with df = 25 (5.071>2.060). It was proved by the
result of the analysis that the r value is 0.213. The result of this research showed that
there correlation between students’ listening ability and their speaking skill. And the
correlation is low between students listening and speaking skill.