General Self-Confidence and Its Implication On Students’ Achievement In Oral Presentation

Abstract

In speaking course, the teachers usually askthe students to present their projects in front of the classthrough an activity called Oral Presentation. However,many of students are afraid of public speaking due tothe effect of self-confidence. This study is aimed to (1)describe general self-confidence among Indonesian EFLlearners, (2) describe their academic achievement in oralpresentation, and (3) find out the relationship betweenself-confidence and their academic achievement in oralpresentation. Correlational design is used to investigatethe existence or non existence of the relationshipbetween the variables. The subjects of this study are 68students at the second semester in English Departmentof one private university in Lamongan, Indonesia.Documentation and questionnaire are used asinstruments to collect the data in this study. Thefindings reveal that (1) the students‘ general selfconfidenceis quite strong, (2) the students‘ academicachievement in the oral presentation is good, and (3) thetwo variables show high correlation. Therefore, theteachers are suggested to enforce activities that couldincrease students‘ self-confidence which in turn coulddecrease their anxiety in public speaking.Key words: self confidence, speaking achievement, oralpresentation.

Confidence: Before and After Oral Recitations

“…And lastly, with the lowest weighted mean of 2.16, it was shown that students were not so confident with their ability which it was stated that they are not able to do oral recitations better than their classmates do. Salim (2015) indicated that students who have low selfconfidence have hard times to speak in front of other people. 1.00-1.80 (Not at all); 1.…”

“…This result is supported by Martinez & Villa (2017) result which showed that students are capable of speaking English after several times of exposure to a task. Meanwhile, the study of (Salim, 2015) revealed that students' with high self-confidence were more assured in speaking up than those low confident learners. The table 3 reveals the mean score of students' confidence after ten or more times oral recitation (29.890) is much higher than students' confidence before performing oral recitations which has only 24.518 mean score.…”

Hubungan Self Confidence dan Self Awareness dengan Komunikasi Efektif pada Mahasiswa

“…Perubahan ini terjadi karena ada faktor yang mempengaruhinya. Dalam penelitian Salim (2015), disebutkan bahwa terdapat dua faktor terpenting yang dapat mempengaruhi self confidence yaitu pengalaman pribadi dan dukungan positif. Dari perbedaan ini, peneliti tertarik untuk menguji hubungan antara kepercayaan diri dengan komunikasi efektif pada mahasiswa.…”

Presentation-Based Learning and Peer Evaluation to Enhance Active Learning and Self-Confidence in the Financial Management Classroom

“…Self-confidence can be defined as how a student feels about him or herself and of his or her abilities in learning (Briggs, 2014;Salim, 2015). Students with self-confidence are more enthusiastic and persistent in their learning (Al-Hebaish, 2012;Pajares & Miller, 1994;Zimmerman & Kitsantas, 2005) because they pay more attention in class, get along better with their peers and have a more focused and inquisitive attitude (Miller, 2015).…”