The Correlation Between Metacognitive Strategies and Speaking Ability of the Seventh Semester Students of English Departement IAIN Langsa

This research was conducted to find out the correlation and how the metacognitive strategies given the effective contribution for speaking achievement. The previous studies about metacognition, suggest that it is possible to reach a higher level of speaking ability if the metacognitive strategies are used. The research design is quantitative correlation research which is used to investigate the correlation between metacognitive strategies and speaking ability of the seventh semester students of English department, IAIN Langsa . The sample is chosen randomly. Finally, the sample is randomly that consist of 36 students from 102 the seventh semesters’ population. Data was collected by using two kinds of instruments namely speaking test and Likert-Scale. Based on the result of this research, it was found that there is any positive correlation between metacognitive strategies and speaking ability of the seventh semester students of English department, IAIN Langsa. It was also supported by the result of data which has been computed by using IBM® SPSS® Statistics Version 23.0 for Windows Software that the result of T-test = 11,360 and sig. = 0,00 (sig. < 0,05) and correlation coefficient 0,890 and sig. 0.00 (sig. < 0.05). Moreover, the effective contribution given variable Metacognitive Strategies toward Speaking Ability with the percentage of 78,5%. Finally, the writer inferred that there is any positive correlation between metacognitive strategies and speaking ability of the seventh students of English department, IAIN Langsa. Metacognitive strategies give significant influence for students speaking ability. Besides that, the students’ academic achievement become better by using this strategy.