D. The Question of the Research
Based on the background and the limitation of the problem that is about comparing the choleric students and the melancholic students to their English
speaking score, the research question of this “skripsi” can be formulated as ▪ Do the choleric students get better English speaking score than the
melancholic students in speaking activity?
E. The Method of the Research
To answer the statement of the research above, the writer does a survey research by giving personality test which is taken from a standardized test in
Personality Plus written by Florence Littauer to the second grade students of
SMA Muhammadiyah 25 Pamulang, and then she separates the choleric students and the melancholic students. After that both personalities of students’
speaking skill are measured. The students’ speaking will be about one topic chosen. It should be expressed by their own words with their best.
After the students’ speaking are recorded, they are scored by using criteria from David P. Harris, Testing Language as a Second Language. When all
scores finished, she designs frequency distribution and comparative analysis with two independent samples. T-test calculation, then, is used to prove the data
significant. And the last step to do is answering hypotheses of the research.
F. The Objective of the Study
What the study needs to reveal is proofing the assumption which is based on the personality theory about personality types; choleric personality
and melancholic personality. Here, the writer discusses about comparison of students’ personality in line with English especially in its speaking skill as
one of lessons they learned. Each personality has different way of learning. By seeing students’ personality when they are learning at classroom, teacher
may vary his treatment to make the students improve their speaking skill well.
G. The Significance of the Study
By knowing the students and their personality, it will be useful to gain awareness of teachers about the difference of student type in mastering
English materials especially in English speaking skill improvement. The personality type varies the students’ way to encounter its learning
activities. Therefore, teachers can adapt strategy and technique in order they should be in proper ones to each type of students’ personality to improve their
speaking skill. The good strategy and technique may avoid a monotonous and a tiresome teaching learning process to each type of students.
H. The Organization of the Writing
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