THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTSꞌ PERSONALITY AND THEIR SPEAKING PERFORMANCE IN THE SECOND SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAMME AT UNIVERSITY OF BENGKUL

This study aimed to find out the correlation between students' personality and their
speaking performance. The research method used in this study was quantitative
research using a correlation design. The population of this study was the second
semester students of the English program at University of Bengkulu batch
2023/2024. In taking the sample, the researcher used purposive sampling which
took all students in class A with a total of 36 students. In this study, the researcher
used two instruments, namely a questionnaire and a speaking test. The data were
statistically calculated with Pearson Product Moment Correlation. After assessing
the students‘ speaking ability, the researcher found that the students’ average
speaking score fell into the basic category. When classifying the students‘ speaking
average score based on their personality, the extrovert students’ speaking average
score was 29.85 and the introvert students' speaking average score was 27.66. Both
personalities fell into the basic category. After calculating the data, it was found
that t-score (0.220) < t-table (0.349), which means (H1) was rejected and (H0) was
accepted. In conclusion, the results showed that there was no significant
relationship between students' personalities and their speaking performance.
Keywords: Correlation, Personality, Speaking Performance