Students’ Self-Confident in Public Speaking

Abstract

Self-confidence is a positive attitude that enables the individual to overcome any hostile environment or situation to express himself effectively. This study aims to describe and observe the students' self-confidence in public speaking at Madrasah Aliyah 01 Darussalam Kepahiang. Quantitative research was used to gather and analyze statistical values. This study was carried out at MAS 01 Darussalam Kepahiang. The analysis included 82 students from class XI, including 38 male students and 44 female learners. A purposive sampling method was applied, and class XI A3 was taken as a sample, with 24 participants who answered the questionnaires. Simple regression analysis and correlation tests were applied to the data analysis. Previously, precondition, normality, and linearity tests were performed using SPSS version 26. The result shows that the students' confidence level in the medium category and the effect of self-confidence on public speaking is significant, with 34.7% of the effect being due to student confidence and 65.3% influenced by variables other than students’ confidence. It can also be shown that the student confidence coefficient is positive, indicating that self-confidence affects public speaking. Based on the study's findings, it is possible to assume that students' speaking skill is impacted by their self-confidence.