Students Emotional Quotient and Their Speaking Skills; a Case of SMAN 4 Baubau

Abstract

This study aims to find out whether there is a significant correlation between students’ Emotional Quotient and their Speaking Skills. This study applied correlational design which employed quantitative research methods. The sample of this study was 32 students of X MIPA 3 in SMAN 4 Baubau. The sampling was taken by random sampling method. The data were collected by using a questionnaire to measure the students’ emotional quotient and used oral test to assess their speaking skills. The data was analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation with SPSS 16.0. The result indicates that there is a significant, but fair correlation between students’ emotional quotient and their speaking skills with r-obtained was 0.59 (p=0.00) low than 0.05 (sig (2-tailed) >α). It can be concluded that H₁ is accepted and H₀ is rejected. This indicates that there is a significant, but it has fair correlation between students’ emotional quotient and their speaking skills.