The correlation between learning anxiety and speaking mastery to the viii grade students of SMPN 2 Padangsidimpuan.

Harahap, Winda Siska Perwana (2020) The correlation between learning anxiety and speaking mastery to the viii grade students of SMPN 2 Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research discussed about the correlation between learning anxiety and speaking mastery to the VIII grade students of SMPN 2 Padangsidimpuan. The problem of this research were the students afraid to speak, students very low in speaking student have learning anxiety. The aim of this research was to know whether there is the significant correlation between learning anxiety and speaking mastery to the VIII grade students of SMPN 2 Padangsidimpuan, This research is a correlation research and employed descriptive quantitative method. The population of this research was the eighth grade students of SMPN 2 Padangsidimpuan. The sample of this research was class VIII – 1 is taken 14 persons, VIII- 2 is taken 12persons, class VIII-3 is taken 5 person, class VIII – 4 is taken 6 persons, class VIII-5 is taken 20 persons, class VIII – 6 is taken 8 persons, class VIII-7 is taken 3 persons, class VIII- 8 is taken 2 person, class VIII- 9 is taken 2 persons, class VIII- 10 is taken 1 persons, class VIII – 11 is taken 1 persons. Total of the sample is 74 students taken by using random sampling. The researcher used questionnaire for learning anxiety and test (dialogue) for speaking mastery as the instrument for collecting data. The data were analyzed statistically by applying product moment. The calculating of product moment by getting correlation coefficients = -0.976 and on 5 % significant level was 0.226. Hypothesis ( ) is accepted namely -0.976 > 0.226 (rcount>rtable). Based on calculation of tcount, the result is tcount >ttable(-37.2>1.993).It meant there was significant negative correlation between learning anxiety and speaking mastery to the VIII grade students of SMPN 2 Padangsidimpuan.

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