Abstract :
This title of thesis was ?The Correlation between Pronunciation Ability and Speaking Achievement of English Study Program Students of Universitas Muhammadiyah
Palembang?. The problem of this study investigated of the fourth and sixth semester in ?the correlation between pronunciation ability and speaking achievement of the
English Study Program Students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang?.The objective of this study was to find out whether or not there is a correlation between
pronunciation ability and speaking achievement of English Study Program Students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang. The population of this study was all of
the students of English Study Program Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang with total number were 154 Students. The sample of this study were 79 students of the
Fourth and the Sixth semester of English Study Program Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang. For collecting the data, it was collected through two instruments that is
an oral test, namely, pronunciation and speaking oral test Based on the data analysis, the value of (r-obtained=0.612) in two tailed testing at 0.05 of significant level 77
sample was (r-table=0.224). It means that there was a significant correlation between pronunciation ability and speaking achievement of English Study Program Students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang. Since the value of r-obtained was higher than r-table, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and null hypothesis (HO) was rejected. It can be concluded that there was significant correlation between pronunciation ability and speaking achievement.