The objectives of this research were (1) to find out whether or not there is a significant correlation between the optimism and speaking performance (2) to find out whether or not there is a contribution of optimism to speaking performance. The subject of the research was first and third semester students of English Education Study Program at Muhammadiyah University Palembang with 70 students i…
The objectives of this study were to find out whether or not there was (1) a significant correlation between linguistic competence (LC) and speaking performance (SP), and (2) a contribution of linguistic competence to speaking performance. The method of the study was a correlational study. The population was the fourth, sixth, and the eighth semester students of English Education Study Program,…