Correlation Between Self-Efficacy And Speaking Ability

Abstract

The aim of this study was to find out whether or not there is significant correlation between self-efficacy and speaking ability of the tenth grade students of the school understudy. The design was correlational research design. The samples were 49 students. In collecting the data of this research, the researcher used two instruments which were self-efficacy questionnaire for self-efficacy and descriptive monologue speaking test for speaking ability. There were three aspects of self-efficacy questionnaire; level of magnitude, the strength and generality. The criteria of speaking test were grammar, pronunciation, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. The score obtained for selfefficacy was 3688 and 3896 for speaking ability. The result showed, when the student had high self-efficacy, their speaking was good, while the students who had low self-efficacy their speaking was not good. Moreover, the research instruments were made in order to collect the data needed. The data were analysed using IBM Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 26 that consist of Normality test, Homogeneity test, Pearson Product Moment and T-test. The hypothesis in this study was significantly accepted. Then the result of Pearson Product Moment analysis showed that the “r” was 0.565. It revealed that there was a significant correlation between self-efficacy and speaking ability of students. It lies between 0.400-0.600 which is moderate level.