scholarly journals The Correlation between Speaking Anxiety, Self-Confidence, and Speaking Achievement of Undergraduate EFL Students of Private University in Palembang

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Gaya Tridinanti
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Private University ◽  
The Self ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
High Level ◽  
Correlation Design ◽  
And Training

Speaking in a foreign language can be influenced by such psychological aspects as anxiety and self-confidence. The students who have high level of anxiety, worry, fear and low level of self-confidence in foreign language classes may have difficulties in developing their speaking ability. The objective of this research was to find out whether there was a significant correlation between students’ speaking anxiety, self-confidence, and their speaking achievement. The research used correlation design. The data were collected through interviews that were scored by two raters and two questionnaires that were administered to fifth semester students (n = 28) from a Teacher and Training Faculty in Indonesia. The data were analyzed using descriptive and correlational analysis. The results indicated that speaking anxiety has no significant correlation with speaking achievement. Self-confidence has a significant correlation with speech achievement (p = .01). That is, students with self-confidence have higher achievement. So, it is important for teachers and lecturers to encourage students and practice speaking English in front of class, especially to improve the self-confidence when the students are communicating in English.

scholarly journals Examining Levels and Factors of Speaking Anxiety among EFL Libyan English Undergraduate Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Abdalaziz M. Toubot ◽  
Goh Hock Seng ◽  
Azizah Binti Atan Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Communication Apprehension ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
Fear Of Negative Evaluation ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Confidence Factor ◽  
High Level

This study aims at investigating EFL the fourth-year students’ level of speaking anxiety. Also, the study investigates the main three factors (communication apprehension, fear of negative evaluation and low self-confidence) that contribute to increasing speaking anxiety among EFL learners. The Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety Scale (FLSAS) has been adapted to collect quantitative data and specifically measure speaking anxiety. The sample of this study was 300 fourth-year English department students at three universities in Libya. The findings of this study revealed that students experienced a moderate to high level of EFL speaking anxiety. Additionally, the findings of the study revealed that the low self-confidence factor received the highest average followed by fear of negative evaluation, and communication apprehension factors.

scholarly journals A study of anxiety experienced by EFL students in speaking performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 334-346
Author(s):  
Nira Erdiana ◽  
Bukhari Daud ◽  
Diana Fauzia Sari ◽  
Shindy Khusuma Dwitami
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
High Level

Many EFL students show anxiety when speaking English in Indonesia. Therefore, the researchers were interested to conduct this study to find out the level of English-speaking anxiety experienced by those students. In this quantitative study, data were collected from 29 students through a questionnaire that was adopted from the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) consisted of 10 items developed by Horwitz, et al. (1986). The data from the questionnaire were analyzed by using the FLCAS questionnaire scale. The results were described in percentages and are further elaborated in narration. The data revealed that 11 out of 29 students (38%) experienced low-level anxiety, 17 out of 29 students (59%) had anxiety at a moderate level, and one out of 29 students (3,4%) got high-level anxiety. It means that most students experienced a moderate level of speaking anxiety. In this case, those findings can be the inputs for every English teacher, especially for the English teachers in which this study was conducted, to be aware of the level of their students’ English-speaking anxiety. It is hoped that the findings of this research can give information and add knowledge to English teachers about EFL students’ level of anxiety so that they could find an appropriate strategy to reduce their students’ speaking anxiety.

Understanding willingness to communicate in L2 between Korean and Taiwanese students

2019 ◽  
pp. 136216881989082
Author(s):  
Ju Seong Lee ◽  
Kilryoung Lee ◽  
Jun Chen Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
Korean Students ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
L2 Speaking ◽  
Efl Students

This study examined Korean ( n = 143) and Taiwanese ( n = 261) EFL students’ willingness to communicate in a second language (L2 WTC) in in-class, out-of-class, and digital settings. Follow-up interviews ( n = 20) were also conducted to identify factors that might have influenced their L2 WTC. Results showed that Korean and Taiwanese participants scored lowest on L2 WTC inside the classroom. The qualitative data suggest that L2 speaking anxiety might have equally influenced both groups’ L2 WTC. Additionally, while Korean students scored higher on L2 WTC outside the classroom than Taiwanese students, the Taiwanese scored higher on L2 WTC in digital settings than did the Koreans. The qualitative data revealed that these discrepancies might have been influenced by English environment and teaching practice. These findings suggest that East Asian learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) can become more willing to communicate when sufficient opportunities for English use are provided through instructional and institutional support.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Self-Confidence and Performance of Gymnastic Elements // Povezanost samopouzdanja i uspješnosti izvođenja gimnastičkih elemenata

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Petar Mrđa ◽  
Saša Jovanović ◽  
Sanja Srdić ◽  
Adrijana Ljubojević
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Back Handspring ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The One ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Confidence Scale

The aim of this research was to establish a relation between self-confidence and self-concept, on the one hand, and the performance of the apparatus elements and the floor routine, on the other. The research included 29 subjects, aged 20 to 27, with the average age of the subjects being 21 years old (M= 21.16, SD= 1.54). The following measurement instruments were used: RSES (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale) and SC-6, as well as the evaluation of the performance of the floor exercises (side-to-side and front-to-back cartwheel, roundoff, front and back handspring, forward and backward flip) and a vault (squat through on the vault and straddle vault with pre-flight, front handspring on vault, roundoff vault) and with the apparatus: the high bar (uprise on bars with legs together, kip, front mill circle, back circle, underswing dismount) and the parallel bars (swing, forward roll, back roll, shoulder stand, front toss dismount, back toss dismount) by a three-member committee. The results showed that Rosenberg’s confidence scale produced statistically significant correlations with all the remaining subscales of moderate or high intensity, and the highest one with the scale of the self-concept (rs= .73), while the lowest one with the scale related to the performance of gymnastic elements on the apparatus (rs = .45) (Cohen, 1988 according to Cumming, 2012). In contrast to this scale, the scale of the self-concept is in statistically significant correlation with the gymnastic elements (rs = .61) on the floor and the vault, while the statistically significant correlation of this scale is missing with the gymnastic elements on the apparatus. It can be concluded that a high level of confidence in one’s own abilities through the entire training period enabled a better access to learning, repetition and, finally, the demonstration of the selected gymnastics elements, while the level of general satisfaction was not a decisive factor in the process.

scholarly journals Raising Student Consciousness About Machine Translation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 386
Author(s):  
Tim Newfields ◽  
Ivan Botev
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Machine Translation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Consciousness Raising ◽  
Learning Framework ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Translation Services

With the rise of virtual assistants and the proliferation of digital translation software, such as Google Translate and Weblio that speed up the translator’s work, it is time to question what role, if any, machine translation services should have in foreign language classes. In this paper, the authors describe some activities designed to raise awareness about the use and misuse of machine translation within a task-based learning framework. Inspired by Sharwood-Smith’s 1981 notion of “consciousness-raising”, we outline three activities highlighting the benefits and problems of machine translation. An analysis of two translation exercises by 86 tertiary students in Japan indicated how many felt uncertain of the quality of their translations. Moreover, semi-structured interviews with six respondents following these activities underscored how students felt ambivalent about their translations. We conclude the paper with a discussion of some resources for EFL students seeking to improve their translation skills. デジタル翻訳ソフトの普及に伴い、外国語の授業で機械翻訳サービスが、もしあるとしたらどのような役割を担うべきかを問う時期にきている。本稿では、タスクベース学習の枠組みの中で、機械翻訳の使用と誤用についての認識を高めるためにデザインされたいくつかの活動について説明する。 本稿では、機械翻訳の利点と欠点を強調する三つのアクティビティーを概説する。日本の高等教育機関で学ぶ86人の学生によるふたつの翻訳演習の分析から、多くの学生が自らの翻訳の質に不安を感じていることがわかった。、さらに、これらのアクティビティーの後に実施した6人の学部生への半構造化面接から、多くの学生が翻訳の質を判断するのに苦労していることが明らかになった。締めくくりとして、翻訳スキルの向上を目指すEFLの学生向けのリソースについて考察した。

scholarly journals The Effects of Anxiety Toward Acehnese Students' English Speaking Ability

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Habiburrahim Habiburrahim ◽  
Risdaneva Risdaneva ◽  
Ghina Putri ◽  
Syarifah Dahliana ◽  
Safrul Muluk
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The Subject

In this study, we analyzed the effects of speaking anxiety of Acehnese students in English learning classroom by looking at the causes of students’ speaking anxiety and their strategies in coping with it. The researchers used purposive sampling to select the participants of this research. Ten respondents from sophomore students of Department of the English Education at Teacher Training Faculty of Ar-Raniry State Islamic University in Aceh, Indonesia were selected by identifying their answers of Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety questionnaires developed by Horwitz et al. (1986). To have in-depth information on the subject matter, a semi-structured interview was employed. The results of this research showed that speaking anxiety caused some negative effects to Acehnese students’ speaking ability, which could be observed through the difficulties in constructing sentences and expressing the idea when they spoke in the target language. Low self-confidence, lack of competency, and being afraid of making mistakes were some of the factors considered as the major causes of speaking anxiety that could debilitate students’ classroom participation.

scholarly journals Kontribusi Kepercayaan Diri dan Kecerdasan Emosi terhadap Komunikasi Interpersonal Siswa serta Implikasinya dalam Pelayanan Bimbingan dan Konseling

Konselor ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Dika Sahputra ◽  
Syahniar Syahniar ◽  
Marjohan Marjohan
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
The Self ◽  
Guidance And Counseling ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Level 3 ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
High Level ◽  
Level 2 ◽  
Test Result

This research isbackground by low ofstudents’ communication interpersonal. Self confidence and emotional intelligence were two factors assumed to affect communication interpersonal. The aims of this research were  to describethe contribution of the self confidence and emotional intelligencetowards communication interpersonal. This research applied quantitative method with a descriptive correlational. The population was all thestudents of SMA Negeri 8 Padang with the total of 764 students, and the samples were 263 students that were chosen by using proportional stratified random sampling.The instrument of the research was a likert scale. Validity test result of this self confidence’s instrument was 0.503, students’ emotional intelligence was 0.430, and communication interpersonal was 0.675. Reliability test result of self confidence’s instrument was 0.819, emotional intelligence was 0.888, and communication interpersonal was 0.902. The data  were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, simple and multiple regression. The research findings indicated that: (1) averagely, description of the self confidence was at high level, (2) emotional intelligence was at high level, (3)communication interpersonal was categorized at high level, (4) there was 19,6% (R=0.443, on significance 0.000) in self confidence contribution towards  communication interpersonal, (5) there was 33,1% (R=0.575, significance 0.000) in emotional intelligence towards communication interpersonal, (6) there was 33,2% (R=0.576, on significance 0.000) in contribution together with self confidence and emotional intelligence towards communication interpersonal. The implication of this research can be made as a need assessment to make a program of guidance and counseling service in SMA Negeri 8 Padang.

scholarly journals Investigating Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety among the Kurdish EFL Students: A Case Study at a Public University

2021 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-92
Author(s):  
Rawezh Mohammed Ibrahim ◽  
Latif Yahya Hamad
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Efl Students

In the English as a Foreign Language EFL contexts from different settings, the issue of language learning anxiety has been extensively studies and investigated. However, in the Kurdish settings a few studies carried out about this issue, specially about speaking anxiety in English classes. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to investigate the level, major factor of foreign language speaking anxiety among the Kurdish EFL students and the students’ perspectives about foreign language speaking anxiety in the context of a university in Kurdistan. For achieving the study purpose, first year students (N=91) from English Department at a state university participated. The data regarding the level of EFL speaking anxiety gathered through administering a questionnaire (Foreign Language Anxiety Classroom Scale FLCAS) by (Horwitz et al. 1986), as well as through a semi-structured interview with the participants (N=18). The quantitative data were analyzed through descriptive statistics by using the SPSS software program (version 25), and the qualitative data were analyzed by content analysis. The results of the quantitative data illustrated that the students experienced a moderate level of EFL speaking anxiety, and the qualitative data confirmed the results whilst the participants perceived speaking as the most anxiety provoking factor. It was also found that fear of making mistakes, fear of negative evaluation, fear of speaking in front of others and immediate questions were as the major causes of the students’ speaking anxiety. This research contributes to the literature as it is the first to target FL speaking anxiety among Kurdish freshmen EFL learners.

scholarly journals BEYOND THE TEACHING PROCESS: OUTLINING THE PROBLEM

2017 ◽  
pp. 86-93
Author(s):  
Tatiana N. Chugaeva ◽  
◽  
Maria A. Martens ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Therapeutic Effect ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Language Games ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
The Russian Federation

Studying a foreign language still remains a challenge for many adults in the Russian Federation due to a number of psychological problems: the lack of self confidence, negative past experience etc. However, if the process of study is organized properly, these challenges could be overcome. The process of teaching a foreign language has much in common with psychoanalytical therapy. During foreign language classes, new and often more comfortable speech and activity patterns are formed due to the shift of the focus of attention from content to form, and that gives more freedom to express thoughts and feelings than by means of the native language. The use of language games combined with teacher’s empathy, amiability, tolerance can produce a consistent therapeutic effect.

scholarly journals APPLYING VIDEO-STIMULATED REFLECTION AS A LEARNING STRATEGY TO ENHANCE EFL STUDENTS' SPEAKING PERFORMANCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Dian Safitri ◽  
Ferawati Ferawati ◽  
Herri Mulyono
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
English Education ◽  
Private University ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Voice Control ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Speaking Performance ◽  
Control Body

This qualitative study aimed to examine video-stimulated reflection as a learning strategy to enhance English as a foreign language (EFL) students' speaking performance. The data from six students majoring in English Education, in a private university in Indonesia were collected through students' reflection journals and semi-structured interviews. The results were analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings of the current study indicate that video-stimulated reflection has encouraged students to improve their speaking ability. More specifically, the key targets for enhancing the performance of students' in speaking to others on a daily basis were voice control, body language, and effectiveness.

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