THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AND THE MASTERY OF GRAMMAR AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE

Abstract

The objective of the research to find out whether or not there is a significant
correlation between Students’ Speaking Ability and the Mastery of Grammar at the
Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Kristen Barana’.
In this research, the writer usedcorrelational method in a quantitative design.The
population of this research is the eleventh grade students of SMA Kristen Barana’
academic year 2017/2018. It consists of five classes. The number of population
are125 students. The writer took 20 students as sample they were chosen using by
random sampling technique which took 10 students from Exact class and 10
students from Social class. The instrument used to take the data was written test
and oral test. It was used to find out the students’ ability in speaking and to find out
the students mastery in grammar.
The result of data analysis showed there is positive correlation between students’
speaking ability and mastery of grammar at the eleventh grade students of SMA
Kristen Barana’. This was proved by the result of coefficient correlation is 0,870.
The result of data analysis also showed there is significant correlation between
students’ speaking ability and their mastery in grammar of the eleventh grade
students of SMA Kristen Barana’. This was proved by the result of significant
correlation is7, 486.
Based on the result above, it can be concluded thatthere is positive and significant
correlationbetween students’ speaking ability and