THE INFLUENCE OF STUDENTS’ EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON THEIR SPEAKING ABILITY OF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF STATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1 KUTOWINANGUN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

Abstract

Speaking is one of the main focuses in the English teaching; to speak English well is not easy even in Senior High School, it is found that only few students can speak English well and fluently, although they have learned speaking English with the same teacher. It happened because every student has different intelligence. One of Intelligence is Emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand the way people feel and react and to use this skill to make good judgments, to motivate and to avoid or solve problems. This research is aimed to investigate: (1) the students’ emotional intelligence of the tenth grade students of State Senior High School 1 Kutowinangun in the academic year 2013/2014 (2) the students’ English speaking score of the tenth grade students of State Senior High School 1 Kutowinangun in the academic year 2013/2014 and (3) the influence of students’ emotional intelligence in their speaking ability of the tenth grade students of State Senior High School 1 Kutowinangun in the academic year 2013/2014. This is quantitative research. The research was conducted on 9th until 10th May 2014. The population was the tenth grade students of State Senior High School 1 Kutowinangun in the academic year 2013/2014 which consist of 284 students. The sample of this research is 62 students by applying simple random sampling to collect the sample. The technique of collecting data used the questionnaire of emotional intelligence and the documentation of English speaking score by the teacher. This research was presented using descriptive quantitative method. The normality test was calculated using SPSS 17.00 (Kolmogorov-Sminrov Test). Mean and Standard Deviation were used in descriptive analysis, while hypothesis testing and regression used in the inferential analysis. The results of this research are: (1) the mean of students’ emotional intelligence score was 301.32 it classified into sufficient category, there were 31 students upper mean and 31 students under mean. (2) The mean of students’ speaking ability was 77.85 classified into good category; there were 29 students upper mean and 32 students under mean. (3) r-value (0.401) is higher than r table (0.254) in the significant level of 0.05. , it means that there is positive and significance influence of the emotional intelligence on the students speaking ability. Based on regression test, it has known that coefficient of determination (R) was 0.161; it means that students’ speaking ability is 16.1% affected by their emotional intelligence.