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students are able to apply English in their daily lives, they will be able to establish wider network or communication.
The English teacher should organize English speaking activities based on the students’ need considering the students’ capability in English speaking.
Speaking consists of 2 two elements, knowledge and skill Bygate 1987. Both elements relate to the stud
ents’ learning experience. If the students face many learning materials and interact with other learners, automatically they gain more
knowledge and skill. At first, the students should be able to listen to the explanation of their teachers related to English lesson in order to define the
knowledge and skill. Brown 2004 states that speaking ability is observable based on the listening skills of the listeners. It means that being good listeners is the start
of good speakers. The way the students learn, then, should pay attention to their English teachers or other learners before they practice their English speaking
ability. The shared themes on the interview on section relate to the previous
section of the correlation between students’ learning style x
1
and academic performance y since academic performance and English speaking ability cover
the same outcome that is achievement score. Therefore, high interest in English study considering the importance of English for global communication is
emphasized. After the students are interested with the study of English, then they will formulate the best way to learn English and consequently, they will follow
the English speaking activities and gain good results in the activities showing that they have good English speaking abilities.
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4. Correlation between Students’ Learning Style x
1
, English Speaking Ability x
2
and Academic Performance y
The fourth problem formulation was whether there was a correlation between s
tudents’ learning style x
1
, English speaking ability x
2
, and Academic performance y. by using Multiple Correlation, the correlation value between
s tudents’ learning style x
1
, English speaking ability x
2
, and academic
performance y is 0,88 meaning positive correlation. From the previous result, then H
is rejected and H
1
is accepted. The degree of correlation is high meaning
that those three variables relate each other significantly. The viewpoint of English importance as global language becomes the
principle of the students’ preferred learning style. Quirk 1990 and Curry 2003
state that English is used in most global world and interaction. Once the students have good awareness of this importance, then they will study English extensively.
The role of school management and English teacher is significant in order to provide clear teaching and learning activities which involve the activeness and
creativity of the students. On the other words, all the students’ activities are
already organized to achieve clear learning achievements as well as to support the students’ need in their learning curiosity.
The correlation of students’ learning style x
1
, their English speaking ability x
2
, and academic performance y is supported with the interviewees’
statement in the interviews. AR who represented low-achiever of speaking ability,
seems to be forced to study in Vocational High School. He also thinks that English subject is a little bit important because it was one of the National Exam.
He likes to study English and the English study methods he likes were discussion
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and quiz. The way of his study is that he keeps quiet and listens to the teachers. He applies the same learning style even for speaking activities. He feels that his
English speaking ability is not good enough because he does not understand the materials sometimes. Therefore he is not optimistic to get good scores in speaking
tests. From the description, I note that there is correlation between AR’s learning
styles, his English speaking ability, and academic performance. Since he does not have enough interest in English and he applies the same learning style for all
English skills, he cannot get good result in academic performance.
Based on the viewpoints of BA who represented medium-achiever of
speaking ability, she seems to be forced to study in Vocational High School at first. Nevertheless, she changes her mind since she felt that Vocational High
School has good service. She thinks that English is hard subject because she rarely understands the subject. When she follows English subject at the class, her mood
is not constant caused by her psychological condition before and during the lesson. The English speaking activities she likes are watching movie and singing
since she feels these activities can help her to increase her English pronunciation mastery. Her past showing her bad marks in English subjects make him
unconfident in studying English. But because she likes to sing, then she can learn English and start enjoying English lesson from English songs. About her
academic performance score, she is not sure. From the description, I note that
there is correlation between BA
’s learning styles, her English speaking ability, and academic performance. At least, she has some interest in English so that she can
get better academic performance scores compared to her previous scores.
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Based on the viewpoints of DA who represented high-achiever of speaking
ability, the recent Vocational High School she belongs to is not her first option since she likes to study in other Vocational High School. She feels that English
subject is important for communication. Therefore, she is always excited to follow English subject. She likes quiz and discussion for the learning methods because
she can interact with other students. She also feels that she has quite good English speaking ability so that she hopes she can get good scores in her academic
performance. From the description, I can express that there is correlation between
DA ’s learning styles, her English speaking ability, and academic performance.
She has great interest in English subjects and she seems to be active at the English lessons. Therefore, she thinks that with her interest, she can get good score of her
academic performance.
