FACTORS INFLUENCING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY
Abstract
This research was carried out through Quantitative research particularly survey method. The survey aims at examining the factors that influence the students’ speaking ability, to know the most significant factor that affects the students’ speaking ability, and to describe how the factors influence the students’ speaking ability in English Intensive Language Program UIN SYAHADA Padangsidimpuan. The findings were presented in mix method analysis, both qualitatively and quantitatively. The instrument used to collect the data was questionnaire. The questionnaires were analyzed particularly by using multiple linear regression and further analysis, ANOVA, was used to determine the significant factor while questions 3 used descriptive technique. The results show that the 1. factors that influence the students’ speaking ability are students’ factors, campus environmental factor and parental involvement, 2. the most significant influencing factor on students’ speaking ability is campus environmental which is 52%. It is evident from the ANOVA results that the model reached statistical significance [F (3, 112) =18.912, Adjusted R2=.516, sig. <.05], and 3. Campus environmental greatly influences the students’ speaking ability which include the materials, the interactions, and the learning methods.
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