Exploring How Reading Aloud and Vocabulary Enrichment Shape English Speaking Skills Among Indonesian Learners of English

Abstract

This research was intended to analyze the effect of Reading Aloud and Vocabulary Enrichment on students’ English-Speaking Skills. A survey method was applied to get accurate information about the research respondents. The population was the students of STIEM Bongaya who were still active in the 2021-2022 academic year. Among them were 100 students taken to be the sample using Non-Probability Sampling with incidental sampling technique. The data collection used questionnaires, and the data analysis used multiple regression analysis techniques with the software program SPSS version 21. The research results indicated that Reading Aloud and Vocabulary Enrichment significantly affected students' Speaking Skills in English. Reading Aloud and Vocabulary Enrichment contribute 18.80% to students' Speaking Skill improvement. Therefore, it is recommended that the students read English reading material by voice to practice the tongue to pronounce English words supported by good mastery of English vocabulary.