The Correlation Between Student’s Emotional Quotient (EQ) and Their Achievement in English Speaking Skill

This study aims to determine whether there is a relationship between students' emotional intelligence and learning achievement, especially in speaking skills in English Language Education students of the 2019 UIN Ar-raniry Banda Aceh.
This study used a correlational approach, the population of this study were students majoring in English education at UIN Ar-raniry Banda Aceh which consisted of 140 students/I and the total sampling used as the sample of this study amounted to 50 students. The data in this study were obtained using a questionnaire and documentation. The data from the questionnaire aims to determine the level of emotional intelligence of students, while the documentation is carried out to determine the scores of students' speaking courses.
The final finding in this study shows that the correlation between Emotional Quotient and student achievement in speaking skills is 0.603, which means that there is a significant or high enough correlation between emotional intelligence and speaking skills in batch 2019 students majoring in English education at UIN Ar-raniry Banda Aceh. This implies that the higher the emotional intelligence of students, the higher their achievement in speaking skills, and vice versa.