THE CORRELATION BETWEEN LISTENING AND SPEAKING ABILITIES OF THE SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM AT UNIVERSITY OF BENGKULU

This study deals with the correlation between Listening and Speaking
Abilities. The population of the study was The Sixth Semester Students of English
Study Program at University of Bengkulu in academic year at 2018/2019 with total
number 79 students distributed into 2 classes and the sample of this research was 38
students. The object in this research was to find out whether there is a correlation
between Listening and speaking abilities. The alternative hypothesis: “There is
correlation between Listening and speaking abilities”. Instruments for data collection
were the listening test and the speaking for presentation scores. In analyzing the data,
the researcher was used correlation “r” product moment calculation. The result of
manual calculation of correlation “r” product moment showed that the correlation
between listening and speaking abilities was weak categorized (r=0.396). Based on
the research finding, it indicated that HO (there is not positive correlation between
listening and speaking abilities) was rejected and Ha (there is a correlation between
listening and speaking abilities) was accepted. It meant that listening less influenced
the speaking abilities of The Sixth Semester Students of English Study Program at
University of Bengkulu.
Keywords: Correlation, Listening, Speaking Abilities.