The Relationship Between Shyness and Ability to Speak English of Undergraduate Students
Keywords:
shyness, ability, ability to speak, speakingAbstract
The objectives of this research are (1) to find out if there is a relationship between shyness and ability to speak English of undergraduate students, (2) to know their shyness and their ability to speak English of undergraduate students, and (3) to find out how the relationship between shyness and ability to speak English. Shyness is the feeling of fear one feels when in public. While the ability to speak is the ability of each individual to convey his wishes through spoken language so that can be used as a means of communication. This research is a quantitative descriptive study with a correlational design. There are two variables in this research. Shyness as independent variable and ability to speak English as dependent variable. The total population of undergraduate students is 114. The sample of this research is 33 students with use purposive sampling. The instruments used were a questionnaire to find out about shyness and a speaking test to determine the student's ability to speak. Based on the results of the analysis, there were only 21% of students who feel shyness. It can be concluded that there is a relationship between shyness and ability to speak English.References
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