THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ENGLISH-SPEAKING ENVIRONMENT AND STUDENT SPEAKING PERFOMANCE

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This study aimed to determine whether there is a significant correlation between the English-Speaking Environment and students’ speaking performance at the English Education Study Program of IAIN Kerinci. This research employed a quantitative correlational design. The sample consisted of 30 students selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected using an English-Speaking Environment questionnaire consisting of 20 items covering five indicators: exposure, interaction, practice frequency, support facilities, and motivation toward the English environment. Students’ speaking performance data were obtained from academic documentation. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, prerequisite tests, and Pearson Product-Moment correlation analysis. The findings revealed that the English-Speaking Environment was categorized as moderate, with a mean score of 69.00, while students’ speaking performance was categorized as high, with a mean score of 82.13. The results of the prerequisite tests indicated that the data were normally distributed and had a linear relationship. Furthermore, the Pearson Product-Moment correlation analysis showed a correlation coefficient of r = -0.081 with a significance value of 0.672 (p > 0.05). These results indicate that there is no significant correlation between the English-Speaking Environment and students’ speaking performance. It can be concluded that the English-Speaking Environment was not significantly related to students’ speaking performance among the participants of this study. Therefore, the null hypothesis was accepted, and the alternative hypothesis was rejected.