Skripsi
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN OPTIMISM AND SPEAKING PERFORMANCE OF THE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM AT MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY PALEMBANG
The objectives of this research were (1) to find out whether or not there is a significant correlation between the optimism and speaking performance (2) to find out whether or not there is a contribution of optimism to speaking performance. The subject of the research was first and third semester students of English Education Study Program at Muhammadiyah University Palembang with 70 students in total. To collect the data, Learned Optimism questionnaire was used to measure students’ optimism and also used scoring system by Martin Seligman (2006) to check their optimism level. The speaking test was used to measure the students’ speaking performance. The findings revealed that the value of r = 0.699 and the value of p = 0.000 showing that there is a significant positive correlation between the students’ optimism and speaking performance of the first and third semester of English Education Study Program at Muhammadiyah University Palembang. Second, the contribution of optimism to speaking performance revealed students’ optimism gave significant contribution in the level of 48.1% toward speaking performance.
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2007001544 | T41670 | T416702020 | Central Library (REFERENSI) | Available but not for loan - Not for Loan |
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