Nunung Anugrawati The Correlative Study Between the Speaking Skill ELITE Journal Volume 2 Number 2, December 2015 168 THE CORRELATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE SPEAKING SKILL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS OF THE STUDENTS Nunung Anugrawati Muhammadiyah University of Makassar nununganugrawati@gmail.com Abstract The research aimed at identifying whether there was a correlation between students’ speaking skill and their psychological factors and what psychological factors had an existing correlation to the students’ speaking skill.The research used a Descriptive St udy which involved two quantifiable variables and how closely they were related. The samples of the research consisted of 46 students and the data was obtained by using speaking test, checking reports, and questionnaires.The result of the research about relationship between students’ speaking skill and their psychological factors was determined by correlation coefficient in Pearson Product formula. The correlation coefficientwas 0.82 in the interval of 0.70 – 0.90, in which showing high correlation. In other words, there was a significant correlation between students’ speaking skill and their psychological factors. Intelligence, motivation and personality were the important factors of students’ psyche and they also represented psychological factors. Moreover, those factors had been proved one by one that they had an existing relationship to the students’ speaking skill through calculat ed data. Thecorrelation coefficients consisted of 0.57, 0.73, and 0.47 for each factor. It means that intelligence, motivation, and personality had existing correlation to the students’ speaking skill. Therefore, it was concluded that the higher psychological factors belonged to students, the better ability in speaking English would be achieved by themselves. Keywords: speaking skill, psychological factor Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi apakah ada korelasi antara 'keterampilan berbicara dan faktor psikologis mereka dan faktor psikologis apa yang memiliki korelasi dengan keterampilan berbicara mahasiswa.Penelitian ini menggunakan Studi Deskriptif yang melibatkan dua variabel kuantitatif dan seberapa dekat mereka terkait. Sampel penelitian terdiri dari 46 siswa dan data yang diperoleh dengan menggunakan uji berbicara, memeriksa laporan, dan angket. Korelasi ini ditentukan oleh koefisien korelasi dengan rumus Pearson Product. Koefisien korelasi adalah 0,82 dalam interval 0,70-0,90, dimana menunjukkan korelasi yang tinggi. Dengan kata lain, ada hubungan yang signifikan antara keterampilan berbicara siswa dan faktor psikologis mereka. Kecerdasan, motivasi dan kepribadian adalah faktor penting dari jiwa siswa dan mereka juga mewakili faktor psikologis. Selain itu, faktor-faktor tersebut telah terbukti satu persatu memiliki hubungan dengan keterampilan berbicara siswa melalui data yang dihitung. Koefisien korelasi terdiri dari 0.57, 0.73, dan 0.47 untuk setiap faktor. Ini berarti bahwa kecerdasan, motivasi, dan kepribadian memiliki korelasi terhadap keterampilan berbicara. Maka, disimpulkan bahwa semakin tinggi faktor psikologis siswa, semakin baik keterampilan berbahasa Inggris mereka. Kata kunci: keterampilan berbicara, faktor psikologis