Open AccessPsychological Barriers and Their Influence Towards Students’ Speaking Ability
Author(s) -
Winda Trisna Wulandari,
Abu Bakar Juddah,
Abdul Haris Sunubi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
inspiring
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2721-2130
pISSN - 2620-8350
DOI - 10.35905/inspiring.v1i1.833
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , descriptive statistics , social psychology , regression analysis , class (philosophy) , applied psychology , mathematics education , mathematics , statistics , computer science , paleontology , biology , artificial intelligence
The purpose of the research was to find out the influence of psychological barriers experienced by the students towards their speaking ability. This research employed quantitative descriptive method. The instruments used to collect data were questionnaire and speaking test. The subjects of the research were the students of class VIII.4 academic year 2016/2017. The data analysis revealed that the students experienced the medium level of psychological barriers. It was shown by the average score of the questionnaire which was 47. Besides, the students’ ability in speaking English need to improve. The average score of the speaking test was 45. The simple linier regression formula discovered that t count = 1,21 > t table = 0,85. Hence, Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted which means that there was a significant influence of the students’ psychological barriers towards their speaking ability.