The Correlation Between Students’ Personality and English Speaking Fluency

The study was particularly aimed at investigating the correlation between students’ personality and English speaking fluency in English Department of AR-raniry Islamic University. The participants were the sophomore students in English majors. Data were collected through a Five Factor Model Questionnaire (FFMQ) and speaking test. To analyze the data of students’ personality, SPSS was used. According to the findings of this analysis, there were three types of students’ personality identified; namely ambivert, extrovert and introvert. However, only extrovert and introvert students were required to take the speaking test. To examine the correlation of the students’ personality and English speaking fluency, Pearson Product Moment formula was used. The results revealed a negative, moderate correlation between students’ personality and English speaking fluency. It means that the introvert students have higher score than extrovert ones in speaking fluency. In other words, the more extrovert the students, the lower speaking score they have.