The Correlation Between Interpersonal Intelligence And The English Speaking Ability Students Pharmacy Departement at SMK Yadika Palu

This research aims to determine whether there is a significant correlation between interpersonal intelligence and English language skills of students of the Pharmacy Department of SMK Yadika Palu. The approach used was quantitative with correlation method, involving a sample of 30 students of class XI Pharmacy who were selected by purposive sampling. The instruments used in this research consisted of a questionnaire to measure students' interpersonal intelligence and a speaking test to assess English speaking ability. The data were analyzed through several stages, including normality test and Pearson Product Moment correlation test processed using SPSS version 26 for Windows. The results of the normality test showed that the data were normally distributed, the Pearson correlation test showed a significant and positive relationship between interpersonal intelligence and English speaking ability, with a correlation coefficient of 0.776 and a significance value of 0.000 (p < 0.05). This correlation is categorized as a high correlation. In addition, 60.3% of the variance in English speaking ability can be explained by the interpersonal intelligence variable. These findings indicate that the higher level of interpersonal intelligence possessed by students, the better their English speaking ability