The correlation between students’ learning styles and speaking ability of the grade X SMA N 1 Batangtoru

Lubis, Nurmala Sinta (2024) The correlation between students’ learning styles and speaking ability of the grade X SMA N 1 Batangtoru. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research discussed about the correlation between students’ learning style and speaking ability of the grade X SMA N 1 Batangtoru. The problems of this research most of the students do not understand about learning style, in learning language many students are not understanding of their own way in learning, most of the students felt difficult in speaking English, they never speak English, they are lazy to practice English, lack of motivation, and lack of speaking practice. The aim of this research was to verify the correlation between students’ learning style and speaking ability of the grade X SMA 1 Batangtoru. This research employed quantitative research with correlation method. The population was two hundred and thirteen students of the grade X students SMA N 1 Batangtoru, with the sample was thirty persons: was fiveteen persons from class X-2, and fiveteen persons class X-5. To collect the data, researchers used questionnaire for learning style and test to know students’ speaking ability. To analyze the data, the researcher used t_count. Based on the result calculating, it was gotten the value of the correlation product moment r_xy between variable of learning style and speaking ability. The correlation is positive correlation. Students’ speaking ability was high. The correlation between learning style to students’ speaking ability is enough. It means that there is correlation between learning style and students speaking ability at grade X SMA N 1 Batangtoru. So, learning style with speaking ability was the score of t_count is higher than t_table or (t_count>t_table). It means there is a significant correlation between learning style and students’ speaking ability at grade X SMA N 1 Batangtoru and the hypothesis was “accepted

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