The Correlation between Students’ Self Confidence and Speaking Achievement at Twelfth Grade of Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) Negeri 2 Kotabumi North Lampung Academic Year 2020/2021

Published: Aug 4, 2022

Abstract:

Speaking is ability to produce sound of word to deliver meaning, express ideas, concept and opinion in thinking or feeling. Speaking has a very important in human life, because speaking is the common language skill to be used in communication. However, to perform effective and efficient speaking and to get sufficient achievement is not easy. Self confidence become base element that must be owned for getting success. Based on the problem, the pupose of this research was to investigate the correlation between students’ self confidence and speaking achievement at twelfth grade of Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) Negeri 2 Kotabumi North Lampung academic year 2020/2021. Population in this research were 349 students which sample were taken through cluster random sampling technique in which there were 31 students. The instrument used to collect data were speaking test and questionnaire of self confidence. Then, the data was analyzed by using correlation Pearson Product Moment. Based on the analysis, it was found that rxy is higher than rtable (31)(0.05) or 0.430 > 0.355. While, from the calculation of t-test, it was gotten that tobserved was higher than ttable (31-2)(0.05) or 2.566> 2.045. Based on the result, it can be concluded that Ha that said there is significant correlation between students’ self confidence and speaking achievement at twelfth grade of Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) Negeri 2 Kotabumi North Lampung academic year 2020/2021 was accepted.

Keywords:
1. Speaking Achievement, Self Confidence, Student’s
Authors:
Tamara Evilia
How to Cite
Evilia, T. (2022). The Correlation between Students’ Self Confidence and Speaking Achievement at Twelfth Grade of Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) Negeri 2 Kotabumi North Lampung Academic Year 2020/2021. Griya Cendikia, 7(2), 721–730. https://doi.org/10.47637/griya-cendikia.v7i2.148