THE CORRELATION OF SELF EFFICACY TO THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING PERFORMANCE IN EFL CONTEXT AT UNIVERSITY OF DAYANU IKHSANUDDIN BAUBAU

The main purpose of this study was to find out the correlation of students’ self-efficacy and their speaking performance. A self-efficacy questionnaire and a measure of speaking performance tests were administered to 95 learners of Dayanu Ikhsanuddin University. The data analysis revealed that there is a significant correlation between the students’ speaking self efficacy and their speaking performance. The probability value of speaking self efficacy is 0.001. Because p < 0.05 then Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. It can be concluded that students’ speaking self-efficacy and speaking performance denoted a positive correlation.Tujuan utama dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui korelasi self-efficacy siswa dan kinerja berbicara mereka. Kuesioner self-efficacy (efikasi diri) dan pengukuran tes kinerja berbicara diberikan kepada 95 peserta didik Universitas Dayanu Ikhsanuddin. Analisis data menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara self efficacy berbicara siswa dengan kemampuan berbicara siswa. Nilai probabilitas efikasi diri berbicara adalah 0,001. Karena p < 0,05 maka Ho ditolak dan Ha diterima. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa self-efficacy berbicara siswa dan kinerja berbicara menunjukkan korelasi positif