The Relationship between Students? Adjective Mastery and Self-Confidence on Their Speaking Ability (A Correlational Study at the Eighth Grade Students of Islamic Junior High School of Assa?adah Tajurhalang Academic Year 2020/2021)

Main Author: Erniyanti Nur Fatahhela Dewi
Format: Masters
Terbitan: Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
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  • This research was aimed to see the relationship among the variables: (1) students? adjective mastery (X1) and speaking ability (Y), (2) students? self-confidence (X2) and speaking ability (Y), and (3) students' adjective mastery and self-confidence on their speaking ability. This research?s instruments were students? adjective mastery test, questionnaire of self-confidence, and speaking ability test. This research used regression and correlation analysis to find out the relationship between the variables. The results indicated that (1) there was a relationship between students? adjective mastery and speaking, (2) there was a significant relationship between students? self-confidence and speaking ability, and (3) there was a relationship between students? adjective mastery and self-confidence. It can be concluded that there was a very strong relationship between the three variables. Therefore, this research suggested the importance of increasing students? adjective mastery and self-confidence. All of these implications contribute to increasing students? speaking ability of oral descriptive essays.