Abstract :
Speaking is a form of communication that involves various factors that can
influence a person's motivation to learn it. These factors include family dynamics
such as parental attention, family relationships, home environment, economic
status, and cultural background. Additionally, the educational background of the
parents can also shape a student's motivation to learn speaking. This research
aims to find out the correlation between parents? educational background and
students motivations in Learning Speaking of the students of English education at
Muhammadiyah University of Metro. This research utilized a correlation research
design by 40 students to become sample of this research. This research used a
questionnaire to determine student motivation and parents educational
background. The results of this research indicate that there is no correlation
between parents' educational background and students' motivations in Learning
Speaking with the Correlation Coefficient value is smaller than 0 (-0.93 <0), while
the sig value is greater than 0.05 (0.451>0.05) which means that there is no
significant positive correlation between the educational background of parents
and students' motivations. In conclusion, this research underlines the complexity
of factors influencing students' motivation and highlights the need for further
approaches to improve learning outcomes in speaking skills. Future researchers
should examine additional variables that may influence students? motivation to
learn speaking skills, such as socioeconomic status, teacher-student
relationships, and extracurricular activities.