Correlation Between Students’ Perception on English Language Learning and Their English Speaking Performance
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36733/elysian.v4i1.5317Keywords:
perception, speaking performance, correlation studyAbstract
The present study is entitled Correlation Between Students’ Perception of English Language
Learning and Their English-speaking Performance. The study aimed to investigate whether
there is a significant correlation between students’ perception and the speaking performance
of the third-semester students in the Faculty of Foreign Languages Mahasaraswati Denpasar.
The data were obtained by the quantitative method in correlational design. The study was
conducted at the Faculty of Foreign Languages Mahasaraswati Denpasar. The population was
189 Faculty of Foreign Languages students in Mahasaraswati Denpasar, divided into 6 classes.
This study applied the purposive sampling method, which took 16 students of the same class.
The instruments used in collecting the data of two variables were the perception of the English
Language online learning questionnaire and oral test video of speaking performance. The
questionnaire used Sugiyono’s perception scale, which contained 32 valid questions, and an
oral test video rubric to measure speaking performance based on Harmer. In analyzing the
data, SPSS software version 26 and Cronbach's Alpha formula were used to determine the
reliability of the questionnaire. The study findings were that the third-semester students in the
Faculty of Foreign Languages Mahasaraswati Denpasar had 50% high perception with a mean
score of 116.81, and their speaking performance was at a minimal level of 43,75% with a mean
score of 82,5. The coefficient relationship (rxy): 0.583. Based on the result of the study, it
could be concluded that the perception of English Language online learning had a highly
positive relationship with the speaking ability of the chosen third-semester students in the
Faculty of Foreign Languages Mahasaraswati Denpasar.
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