Improving the Self-Confidence in Speaking Practice by Using Self-Diected Dialogue Technique at Second Grade Students' of SMP Negeri 1 Lampung Tengah

Abstract

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah i) untuk melihat peningkatan dari aspek berbicara siswa dan ii) hubungan yang signifikan antara kepercayaan diri siswa dan prestasi mereka di dalam berbicara. Peneliti menggunakan desain t-test dan kuesioner didalam mengumpulkan data siswa. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat peningkatan didalam prestasi siswa setelah diajar menggunakan teknik self-directed dialogue dan terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara kepercayaan diri siswa dan prestasi mereka didalam berbicara. Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa teknik self-directed dialogue membantu dalam meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara siswa.

The purpose of this study was to investigatei) the improvement of students achievement of speaking and ii) the relationship between self-confidence and the students achievement in speaking. Speaking tests and questionnaire were used to collect the data in this study. The result of this study showed that there is a statistically significant improvement of the students speaking achievement after the students were taught throughSelf-directed dialogue technique. There is also a statistically significant relationship between students self-confidence and students achievement of speaking. This suggest that self-directed dialogue technique facilitates students to improve their speaking.

Keywords: self-directed dialogue technique, aspects of speaking, self-confidence, speaking achievement.