The Correlation Between the Third Year Students’ Grammar Mastery and Their Speech Ability of English Department Students at Bung Hatta University

Mayana, Diba and Lailatul, Husna and Ernati, Ernati (2015) The Correlation Between the Third Year Students’ Grammar Mastery and Their Speech Ability of English Department Students at Bung Hatta University. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The type of this study is correlational study. The purpose of this study was to determine correlation between grammar mastery and speech ability. The population of this study was the third year students of English Department at Bung Hatta University. The total members of population were 87 students. The member of sample in this research were 30 students. In selecting sample, the researcher used cluster random sampling. The instruments used to get the data were grammar test and speech test. The researcher tried out test to the students out of sample. By using Alpha-Croanbach method using SPSS program for windows version 16 at .05 level of significance, the researcher found the reliability of grammar test was .905 (see Appendix 3) and the reliability of the speech test was .719 (see Appendix 6). It means the tests were reliable. The test was valid in terms of content validity. The result of the data analysis showed that the value r calculated in this research was .704 (see Appendix 11) with the level significant α .05 and the degree of freedom (df) n-2, the value of r table was .361. It means that r calculated (.704) was higher than r table (.361). Therefore, the relationship between two variables, students’ grammar mastery and their speech ability was significant. Then, the alternative hypothesis that said there is a significant correlation between the third year students’ grammar mastery and their speech ability of English Department Students at Bung Hatta University was accepted. It can be concluded that the students’ ability in speech is related with grammar mastery. Dealing with the conclusion of this research, the researcher has suggestion for the Lecturer to pay attention and focus in teaching grammar because grammar and speech have significant relationship each other.

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