THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION AND SPEAKING ABILITY OF THE TENTH-GRADE STUDENTS OF SMK KERTHA WISATA DENPASAR IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

The aim of the study was to find out the correlation between motivation and speaking ability. In conducting this research, the researcher has collected the data through correlational research, which used test as the instrument for getting the data. The researcher used random sampling to take the sample in this present study. The samples were 40 students of the tenth-grade Students of SMK Kertha Wisata Denpasar Year 2021/2022. The data was in the form of qualitative data. It was taken from questionnaire and speaking tests. The obtained data were statistically analyzed trough pre-requisite analysis; normality and homogeneity tests and hypothesis testing: Pearson product-moment correlation and t-test. After the research data were normally and homogeneously distributed, the researcher then did hypothesis testing. The results of the data analysis clearly revealed the alternative hypothesis was finally accepted. In other words, the research findings confirmed that there is a significant correlation between motivation and speaking ability of the tenth-grade students of SMK Kertha Wisata Denpasar.