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ABSTRACT Adek Wulan Sari : 2316045, “The Correlation Between Students’ Emotional Intelligence and Speaking Achievement at the Tenth Grade of SMKN 1 Baso Academic Years 2019/2020”, A Thesis, State Islamic Institute Of Bukittinggi, 2020. This research was done because emotional intelligence was a significant factor in supporting academic achievement. In second language learning, personal and social skills were important things as individual differences in language production. As a result, the researcher wanted to investigate the correlation between students’ emotional intelligence and speaking achievement at the tenth grade of SMKN 1 Baso academic years 2019/2020. Thus, this research was done in SMKN 1 Baso. The design of this research was correlational research. The instruments of this research were questionnaire for measuring emotional intelligence and documentation for collecting speaking score of the students. The population of this research was all of the tenth grade students of SMKN 1 Baso in the academic year of 2019/2020 which consists of 7 classes. The sample was 47 students taken by purposive sampling technique. The research was carried out in March 2020. To find that students’ emotional intelligence and speaking achievement have correlation or not, the researcher used Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The results of the research show that there is a correlation between students’ emotional intelligence and speaking achievement at the tenth grade of SMKN 1 Baso academic years 2019/2020. The researcher found that the coefficient of correlation between students’ emotional intelligence and speaking achievement at the tenth grade of SMKN 1 Baso was 0,48. The correlation was positive and significant. It means that Ho is rejected. Thus, there is a positive correlation between students’ emotional intelligence and speaking achievement at the tenth grade of SMKN 1 Baso. Based on the result of the research, it can be concluded that emotional intelligence has positive contribution in speaking achievement. It means that the more emotionally intelligent the student, the more proficient s/he is in speaking achievement. In conclusion, this research is done for finding the correlation between students’ emotional intelligence and speaking achievement at the tenth grade of SMKN 1 Baso. Key words : Correlation, emotional intelligence, speaking.