SELF-CONFIDENCE IN SPEAKING ENGLISH AT UNIVERSITY OF PGRI SUMATERA BARAT

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out how the second semester students' self-confidence in speaking English at University of PGRI Sumatera Barat. This study used a qualitative method. The data collection technique used was purposive sampling. Participants in this study were 61 students who were in grades 2020A and 2020B. The research instrument was by conducting questionnaires and interviews. Researcher used characteristics from various sources, namely students have to communicate with the listener and make the listener understand about the information being delivered by the students, self-confidence is needed by students in conveying ideas or arguments related to the learning process in the classroom, students can deliver their opinions or ideas clearly, self-confidence is a thing the most important thing in speaking English and students who have higher self-confidence than the other students can communicate better than the ones without. From the research data, it was found that the students' confidence in speaking English on the first characteristic was in accordance with the results of the questionnaire and interview and the other four characteristics were different from the results of the questionnaire and interview. Based on the data analysis, the researcher concluded that the students' confidence in speaking English was high in the questionnaire and low in the interview.