The Correlation Between Students' Self-Confidence and Their Speaking Ability: A Study at SMA Negeri 7 Takalar

Dian Fawziah Aulia R., 2024, The Correlation Between Students’ Self- Confidence and Their Speaking Ability; A Study at SMA Negeri 7 Takalar (supervised by Abidin Pammu and Nasmilah). The research aims to analyze the correlation between students’ self-confidence and their speaking ability in English class using a paired conversation approach. This research objectives are to assess the level of self-confidence among students in English class, and to evaluate the speaking ability of students through a paired conversation approach. This research was conducted at SMA Negeri 7 Takalar, involving 30 students from the third-year students. This research using quantitative methodology. The Pearson - Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to determine the relationship between students' self-confidence and their speaking ability. This research was conducted by giving a questionnaire containing 20 questions about students' self-confidence, and a speaking ability test using conversation method that was carried out in pairs with the topic "Asking, offering, accepting, and rejecting for help”. The result of the research shows that the students of SMA Negeri 7 Takalar have high self-confidence with the mean score of 73.96, but poor in speaking skill with mean score of 67. Based on this result, it can be concluded that there is no correlation between students' self-confidence and their speaking ability.