A Study on Self Confidence and Academic Achievement among High School Students

Abstract

Education through schools aims to develop an array of skills and clarities where language acquisition is an important part. In the content of school education in India, especially Kerala, English language is an integral part of the curriculum. Speaking, reading and writing skills in English is very important. The role of moving towards globalization where mass communication and interment demand a good knowledge of English. Among the four language skills, self-confidence plays an important role in attaining mastery over the skills. The achievement of oral performance is thought to be highly correlated with confidence. When there is low level of self-esteem and self-confidence, the learning of a second language foreign language is greatly affected, due to relationship between the learner and the challenge that is learning another language that makes them feel unable to be themselves when speaking a new language. Many factors affect the learning of foreign language self-confidence is an important factor that affect foreign language acquisition. Self-confidence refers to an individual’s perceived ability to produce desired results. Self-confidence is a variable that can be improved with the help of teachers and parents in students through different methods and actionists. Every learner requires be and foremost, to be motive, to be attended to, to be valued and to be affirmed out of that attention and affirmation grow the confidence and the courage to learn. A study on the importance of self-confidence and the relationship between self- confidence and achievement is very much relevant. Since self-confidence and related variables are connected with affective domain too, a study on self-confidence and its relation with achievement will help the teachers to prepare their reasons and include activities that will help to improve the level of self confidence in the learners in their class. This is beneficial both for the teachers and the learners especially in the modern class rooms where the individual differences among learners are high. Conducting a study on the relationship between self-confidence and academic achievements proved that there is a relationship between these two factors as self-confidence increases, academic achievements also increase. Keywords: Self- confidence, Achievement, Language, Learners