The Relationship between Self-Confidence and Public Speaking Ability of Students of the Faculty of Education Ahmad Dahlan University Yogyakarta

Abstract

This research was conducted at the Faculty of Psychology, Ahmad Dahlan University Yogyakarta. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between self-confidence and the ability to speak in public (Public Speaking). The population in this study were students with characteristics including students of the Faculty of Education, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Yogyakarta, Class of 2002, 2003, 2004 (Semester III, V, VII), and Male and Female Students. The sampling technique used was Cluster randon sampling, namely students of the Faculty of Education semester V and semester VII of Ahmad Dahlan University Yogyakarta while the remaining one semester, namely third semester students were sampled during the trial. The data analysis technique used in this study is Pearson's Product moment correlation. The results showed that there is a very significant positive relationship between self-confidence and public speaking ability, meaning that the higher the self-confidence, the higher the ability to speak in public while the lower the self-confidence, the lower the ability to speak in public.