ABSTRACT
ASMADI. 2016. The Influence of Psychological Factors Towards Students’
Speaking Ability (A Descriptive Study at the Students in SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Unismuh Makassar), guided by Hj. Andi Tenri Ampa as the first consultant and Ummi Khaerati Syam as the second consultant.
The research aimed at identifying whether there was significant influence of psychological factors towards students’ speaking ability.
The research used a Descriptive Study which involved two quantifiable variables and how closely they related. The samples of the research consist of 27 students and the data was obtained by using speaking test, IQ test and questionnaires.
The findings of the research indicated that the influence of intelligence toward students’ speaking ability in partial was 0.459. Then, influence of motivation toward students’ speaking ability in partial was 0.630. While, the influence of self-confidence toward students’ speaking ability in partial was 0.748. Intelligence, motivation and self-confidence are the important factors of students’ psyches and they also represent psychological factors. Moreover, those factors have been proved one by one that they have significant influence to the students’ speaking ability. Intelligence, motivation, and self-confidence have significant influence to the students’ speaking ability in simultaneous with large of influence/R² was 0.807 and have significant influence with 0.000 smaller than 0.050 level. Therefore, it is concluded that if the higher psychological factors belongs to the students, the better ability in speaking English will be achieved by themselves.
Keywords: Psychological Factors, Speaking, Motivation, Intelligence, Self- confidence
