The background of the study in this research was the students had difficulties in speaking skill. The researcher tried to correlate between their personality trait and English speaking skill. There are some theories about personality trait which argue that personality trait, specifically in extroversion, gives advantages to speaking skill. This research tried to find the correlation between personality trait of extroversion and speaking skill.
This research was conducted to respond to the following questions:
1. How is students’ Extroversion of English Education Department students at intermediate speaking class of UIN Walisongo in the academic year of 2014/2015?
2. How is students’ speaking skill of English Education Department students at intermediate speaking class of UIN Walisongo in the academic year of 2014/2015?
3. Is there any significant correlation between extroversion and speaking skill of English Education Department students at intermediate speaking class of UIN Walisongo in the academic year of 2014/2015?
The objectives of the study are (1) to describe students’ Extoversion of English Education Department students at intermediate speaking class of UIN Walisongo in the academic year of 2014/2015 (2) to describe students’ speaking skill of English Education Department students at intermediate speaking class of UIN Walisongo in the academic year of 2014/2015 (3) To find out whether there is or no correlation between extroversion and speaking skill of English Education Department students at intermediate speaking class of UIN Walisongo in the academic year of 2014/2015.
The study was conducted at English Education Department of UIN Walisongo Semarang. The subject of this study are students of basic speaking class. In order to achieve the objectives of this study, the writer conducted the research through quantitative approach. The data were calculated statistically by Person Product Moment Correlation. The data were collected through questionnaire, test, interview, and documentation.
The result of the study shows that there is a significance correlation between students’ personality trait and English speaking ability of basic speaking class. Having calculated by Pearson Product Moment Correlation formula, r table with 5% significance level was 0.367, rxy was 0.500. rxy was bigger than r table, therefore the correlation was significant.