Abstract :
ABSTRAK
Rumaisah, Febi Faza 2023. The Correlation Between Student?s Self Confidence
And Their Speaking Skills At Tenth Grade Students Of Sma Muhammadiyah 1
Metro : A Correlation Study. An Undergraduate thesis. English Education Study
Program, Teacher Training and Education Faculity. Universitas Muhammadiyah
Metro. Advisor : (1) Amirudin Latif, M.Pd. (2) Yasmika Baihaqi, M.Pd.BI.
Key Words: Self-Confidence, Speaking Ability, Tenth Graders, Correlation
Speaking is the ability to communicate in everyday life. Being fluent
in speaking a specific language becomes a goal in learning the
language. In speaking, self-confidence generally appears to be one of the
vital variants that may promote either failure or success in language
learning. Hence, the purpose of this study was to find out whether the
relationship of students' self-confidence correlates positively towards the
speaking skills of class X students at SMA Muhammdiyah 1 Metro. The
research sample was the tenth graders at SMA Muhammadiyah 1
Metro, which consisted of 40 students. Purposive sampling technique
was applied to select the sample and used two types of instruments to
collect data from two variables. The data were obtained through giving
questionnaires and speaking test to student. In analyzing the
data, the researcher correlated the results of the questionnaire and
the speaking test results using Pearson Product Moment Correlation.
The result of the r count after the data was calculated is 0.194. This
value showed that self-confidence and speaking ability have a
positive correlation. It was shown by Pearson correlation that the result
of the r count is between 0.00 ? 0,20. Thus, the students? self-confidence
and speaking ability had very low correlation between the two
variables. It suggested that the students needed to maintain their
confidence while also improving their speaking ability so that they
could speak with fluency and accuracy.