Abstract :
Based on the preliminary survey that had been done in PLP, it was found the lack of
speaking ability at students? second year of SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Bandar Lampung.
The objective of the research was to determine the correlation between students'
learning strategies and speaking ability; and to find out which aspect of speaking that
most correlated with students' learning strategies. This study used quantitative
methods. The population of the research was the second-year students of SMA
Muhammadiyah 2 Bandar Lampung. The sample used in the study was XI Science 3.
Students' learning strategies were assessed using the Language Learning Strategy
Questionnaire (LLSQ), and their speaking ability were assessed using a speaking test.
In this study, Pearson Correlation was utilized. The result of this study indicated that
there was a correlation between students? learning strategies and their speaking ability
since the significant value was 0.845 resided between 0.800 - 0.1000, which means
there was very high correlation.
Keywords: Correlation, Learning Strategies, Speaking Ability