The Effects of Pronunciation Mastery on Students’ Speaking Skills (Study of English Conversation Class at Bina Sarana Informatika University)

Nowadays, speaking is not only subjects at school or college, but also one of the requirements that needed in applying for a job. Mastering speaking skills will give us many benefits in study, work, and doing the daily activities. This research is a kind of survey and aims to find out and analyze empirically and practically the effects of pronunciation mastery towards students’ speaking skills. The observed population of this research is the college students of English conversation class at Bina Sarana Informatika University in 2023/2024 academic year. The sample was gained through sample random sampling, which means that the researchers mixed the subjects in the population so that they will be considerably same. The research is focused on two variables: pronunciation mastery and speaking skills. The collection of data is done by giving the questionnaire, objective test and oral test for both variables. The gained data was then analyzed by using correlation techniques and multiple regression. The result of this research is there are significant effects of pronunciation mastery towards students’ speaking skills as to = 4,470 and Sig. = 0.000 < 0.05. It means to upgrade students speaking skills teachers have to endorse students’ pronunciation mastery on their own