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SELF¬-CONFIDENCE AND SPEAKING SKILLS OF THE FIRST-YEAR UNDERGRADUATES: A CORRELATIONAL STUDY AT A PUBLIC SECTOR UNIVERSITY IN PAKISTAN
Author(s) -
Kamran Akhtar Siddiqui,
Rifat Abbas KHAN,
Iqra Akhtar SIDDIQUI
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
ezikov svât/ezikov svât
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2603-4026
pISSN - 1312-0484
DOI - 10.37708/ezs.swu.bg.v20i1.14
Subject(s) - active listening , self confidence , psychology , reading (process) , pearson product moment correlation coefficient , mathematics education , sample (material) , medical education , social psychology , statistics , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , mathematics , communication , chromatography
All the four language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening are equally important for language learners. Studies show that students learning English as a second language face challenges in learning these four skills. However, production skills i.e., writing and speaking seem to pose greater challenge to learners especially in non-English countries. The challenges related to speaking might be related to several psychological or environmental factors. Self-confidence is one of those areas of concern. Therefore, the present study aims to find out if there is a correlation between self-confidence and speaking grades of first year university students at a public sector university in Pakistan. In this regard, a self-confidence questionnaire (SCQ) was administered to 31 participants from a class of Business Administration department. The collected data was analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 20.0 software and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient was calculated. The data analysis revealed that there is a positive but statistically non-significant correlation between self-confidence and speaking grades. Therefore, the study suggests that some experimental studies on the subject should be conducted, and more variables could be brough in to obtain a broader picture of the phenomenon. Small sample size stands as a limitation of the study.

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