Abstract
In speaking course, the teachers usually ask the students to present their projects in front of the class through an activity called Oral Presentation. However, many of students are afraid of public speaking due to the effect of self-confidence. This study is aimed to (1) describe general self-confidence among Indonesian EFL learners, (2) describe their academic achievement in oral presentation, and (3) find out the relationship between self-confidence and their academic achievement in oral presentation. Correlational design is used to investigate the existence or non existence of the relationship between the variables. The subjects of this study are 68 students at the second semester in English Department of one private university in Lamongan, Indonesia. Documentation and questionnaire are used as instruments to collect the data in this study. The findings reveal that (1) the students‘ general selfconfidence is quite strong, (2) the students‘ academic achievement in the oral presentation is good, and (3) the two variables show high correlation. Therefore, the teachers are suggested to enforce activities that could increase students‘ self-confidence which in turn could decrease their anxiety in public speaking.
Highlights
In order to communicate better, speaking skill is considered to be one of the most important skills
The data about students‘ academic achievement in the oral presentation is calculated by finding out the mean of the score by using the formula proposed by Fraenkel et al (2012)
The data on the students‘ academic achievement in oral presentation were gained from teacher‘s document
Summary
In order to communicate better, speaking skill is considered to be one of the most important skills. Tarigan (2008) stated that speaking is one of language skills that is developed since the age of childhood in which it is started by the listening skill. Mastering speaking skill is not an easy matter to do It can be seen from the reality that there are many Indonesian English learners who are still incapable to speak English despite they have learned the language for many years at various levels. The process of speaking English is given through English speaking course. Al-Hebaish (2012) states that oral presentation is one of the courses introduced to English majors in order to enhance the speaking ability. Oral presentation in speaking course is very important to enhance the students‘ ability in communication
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