Open AccessTHE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ SELF CONFIDENCE AND THEIR SPEAKING SKILL AT THE TWELFTH GRADE OF SMA N 2 BUKITTINGGI
Author(s) -
Riva Silvia Sari,
Merry Prima Dewi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eltall english language teaching applied linguistic and literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2723-2719
pISSN - 2723-2700
DOI - 10.21154/eltall.v2i2.3208
Subject(s) - sma* , self confidence , correlation , psychology , confidence interval , positive correlation , simple random sample , mathematics education , low confidence , population , correlation coefficient , statistics , mathematics , social psychology , demography , medicine , geometry , combinatorics , sociology
The design of this research was correlational research. This research aimed to find out the correlation between students’ self-confidence and speaking skills at the twelfth grade of SMA N 2 Bukittinggi. The background of this research was there were several problems related to students’ self-confidence, and those problems were contrary to the theory. The population of this research was all of the twelfth-grade students of SMA N 2 Bukittinggi in the academic years of 2020/2021, which consists of 8 classes. The sample was 28 students taken by simple random sampling technique. The research results showed that there is a correlation between students’ self-confidence and their speaking skill. The researcher found that the coefficient of correlation between students’ self-confidence and their speaking skill was 0,286. There was a positive correlation and significance. It means that Ho is accepted. Thus, there is a positive correlation between students’ self-confidence and speaking skills at the twelfth grade of SMA N 2 Bukittinggi.
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