The Correlation Between Self-Confidence and Students’ Speaking Achievement

Abstract

The research aims to find out is there any correlation between self-confidence and students’ speaking achievement, and the research objective in research is to find out whether correlation or not of self- confidence and students’ speaking achievement of 5th grade in KMI Al-Ishlah Bondowoso. This research is a quantitative research use correlation design. Data technique collection in this research use questionnaire likert scale and speaking test by ratter 1 and ratter 2. This research use Product Moment statistics calculation from Pearson to find out the correlation between self-confidence and students’ speaking  achievement.  In  this  research  conclude  that  there  is  positive  correlation  between  self- confidence  and  students’  speaking  achievement.  It  proven  in  product  moment  testing  that  is  Ha accepted  and  Ho  rejected  it  means  the  significant  value  is  0.01  which  <  0.05.  and  the  statistics calculation data showed that is r = 0.521. with level error (α) = 0.05, and the N = 33, it is obtained rtable =344. From data calculation, it can be seen that the rount is more than rtable (0.521 > 0.344). it means Ho is rejected and the Ha is accepted which means there is positive correlation between self-confidence and students’ speaking achievement.