THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ GRAMMAR MASTERY AND STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AT THE FIFTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF UNISMUH MAKASSAR

Abstract

This research aimed at finding out the correlation between students’ grammar mastery and students’ speaking ability. The researcher used a descriptive method. The population was the fifth semester students of Unismuh Makassar and the number of sample was 35 students and it used random sampling technique. There were two kinds of instruments; the first was grammar test used to find out the students grammar mastery in comprehending any provided item of test and the second was speaking test used to find out how the students’ vocabulary and fluency in speaking English. The research findings found that the grammar mastery of the fifth semester students of Unismuh Makassar was categorized poor, it was indicated by the mean score (68.57) while the students speaking ability was categorized into fair, it was indicated by the mean score (70.28). The rate of the correlation between students’ grammar mastery and speaking ability was in ‘substantial’ level correlation with (rxy was 0.615) where rxy (0.615) > r table (0.344). It indicated that there was a positive and significant correlation between students’ grammar mastery and students’ speaking ability at the fifth semester students of Unismuh Makassar.