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ABSTRACT Opida Nengsih, 2317066. The Correlation between Students’ Motivation and Speaking Ability of the 8th Grade Students in SMP IT Cahaya Hati Bukittinggi. A thesis, State Islamic University Bukittinggi, 2023 This research was due to phenomena that was observed during the preliminary research such as some students who have good motivation, but have low speaking ability and students who seem to not have good motivation but, have good speaking ability. These phenomena made research wanted to find out the correlation between students’ motivation and speaking ability, its direction, and its magnitude. The researcher used to correlational research analysis with the approach of quantitative. The population of this research is all eighth grade of SMP IT Cahaya Hati Bukittinggi, which consist of two classes with twenty six and sixteen students in each class. , the sample of this research is all of the second grade students in SMP IT Cahaya Hati Bukittinggi which was 42 students. The instrument of this research were questionnaire and test. Furthermore, spearman correlation formula was used in order to test the hypotheses. Based on the findings from the hypotheses testing, it can be concluded that there is a significant correlation between motivation and speaking ability. This means that as students' motivation increases, their speaking ability also increases. The correlation between the two variables is classified as high, indicating a strong relationship between motivation and speaking ability. This finding supports the study's hypothesis, which stated that there is a positive correlation between motivation and speaking ability. The results also align with previous research that has shown the importance of motivation in language learning and its impact on speaking proficiency. Key Terms: Speaking ability, Motivation