Skripsi
THE CORELATION BETWEEN PERCEIVED ACADEMIC STRESS LEVEL AND SPEAKING MASTERY OF THE SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF UIN RADEN FATAH
Although numerous studies have examined the relationship between psychological factors and academic performance, limited attention has been given to the specific relationship between perceived academic stress and speaking mastery among English Education students in the Indonesian EFL context. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the correlation between perceived academic stress and speaking mastery among sixth-semester students of the English Education Study Program at UIN Raden Fatah. This study employed a quantitative correlational research design. The population consisted of all sixth-semester students of the English Education Study Program, and since the total population was 48 students, Most of the population was taken as the research sample using total sampling technique. The data were collected using a Perceived Academic Stress questionnaire adopted from the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and students’ speaking scores assessed through a speaking test. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, normality testing, Pearson Product Moment correlation, and simple linear regression with the assistance of SPSS version 23. The results indicated that there was no statistically significant correlation between perceived academic stress and speaking mastery. Descriptive analysis showed that 16.7% of students experienced low academic stress, 60.4% experienced moderate academic stress, and 22.9% experienced high academic stress. These findings suggest that students’ speaking mastery was not directly influenced by their perceived level of academic stress. Therefore, other factors beyond academic stress may play a more significant role in shaping students’ speaking performance