EFL Students' Attitude Towards Speaking English

A positive attitude is essential for speaking English acquisition because the language attitude significantly impacts how students behave toward their learning and classroom attitudes. The aims of this study are to find out the English students' attitudes toward speaking English and to identify whether attitude influences the student's speaking ability. The writer collected the data from a questionnaire and documentation. The writer analyzed the data through the percentage of the questionnaire and using Pearson’s product-moment coefficient of correlation SPSS 25. This study involved 30 students of English education department students in UIN Ar-Raniry by using purposive sampling. The findings in this research indicated that there were 17 students (56,7%) having high attitude scores and 13 students (43,3%) with a very high attitude score. There was no students related to the negative and neutral category, which means the English students had a positive attitude toward speaking English. Furthermore, the result of the correlation between the two variables was rxy < rtable; 0.201 < 0.361, which means there was a weak correlation exist between students' attitude and their ability in speaking English.