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The Correlation between General Self-Confidence and Academic Achievement in the Oral Presentation Course

Author(s) -

Safaa Mohammad Al-Hebaish

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

theory and practice in language studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2053-0692

pISSN - 1799-2591

DOI - 10.4304/tpls.2.1.60-65

Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , self confidence , academic achievement , confidence interval , test (biology) , correlation , mathematics education , psychology , positive correlation , medical education , statistics , medicine , mathematics , social psychology , paleontology , geometry , biology , radiology

The study was particularly aimed at investigating the correlation between general self-confidence and academic achievement in the oral presentation course. Participants were 53 undergraduate female English majors, from Taibah University. Data was collected through a General Self-Confidence Questionnaire (GSCQ) and final evaluation grades in the Oral Presentation course. SPSS was used for analyzing data. The results revealed a positive, significant correlation between general self-confidence and academic achievement. Those who scored high in GSCQ also had high scores in the oral achievement test. Language instructors were recommended to enhance building up their students’ self-confidence in order to develop their oral performance achievement

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