THE EFFECTS OF STUDENT'S PERCEPTION ON LEARNING TECHNIQUE AND LEARNING MOTIVATION ON STUDENTS' SPEAKING SKILLS

This research aims to know the effect of students' perception on learning technique and learning motivation towards students' speaking skills. The research methodology is a descriptive survey and using a questionnaire as data collection. The number of the samples is three classes from two state vocational high schools. The result of the research shows that; 1). There is a significant effect of students' perception on learning technique and learning motivation jointly toward students' speaking skills. The score of Sig proves that 0,000 < 0,05 and F0 = 47.152. Both variables, student's perception of learning technique and learning motivation, had contributed 62.3 % to the student's speaking skill. 2). There is a significant effect of student's perception on learning technique toward the student's speaking skill. The score of Sig proves 0,000 < 0,05 and t0 = 4.555. 3). There is a significant effect of the learning motivation towards the student's speaking skills. It is proved by Sig. = 0,000 < 0,05 and t0 = 4,528. Having a good perception of learning techniques and high learning motivation will improve student's speaking skills better. Keywords: student's perception, learning technique, motivation, speaking skill.