THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SELF-CONFIDENCE AND THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING PERFORMANCE OF AMIK GLOBAL KENDARI

Abstract

The correlation between self-confidence and the students’ speaking
performance. Thesis of Amik Global Kendari. The research aims finding out
the correlation between the students’ self-confidence and their speaking
performance. The method applied in this research was correlation it
employed of instrument namely questionnaire basic on indicators both of
them. The questionnaire was used to find out the students’ self-confidence
and the students’ speaking performance. The population of the second
semester, fourth semester and six semester students were 130 and the sample
consisted of 30 students of Amik Global Kendari in academic year 2014-
2015. The data collected by analyzed by using SPSS version 22, by
consulting with the standard of critical value (r) 5 % of significance and the
number of sample (N) = 30. Participants’ mean score of self-confidence
68.1333, and students’ speaking performance 67.2667 and participants’
standard deviation of the students’ self-confidence 6.9063 and the students’
speaking performance 6.61208, the sig. (2 tailed) 0.000 0.05, mean that there
is any positively significant correlation between students’ self-confidence and
the students’ speaking performance about 91.8 %, on sig. 95%.
Keywords: Self-Confidence, Speaking Performance