THE EFFECT OF SELF EFFICACY ON STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AT SMPN 17 MAKASSAR

Abstract

This study aimed to determine whether there is a significant effect between self-efficacy on speaking ability of grade IX.9 students at SMPN 17 Makassar. This study used a pre-experimental research method in one class pre-test and post-test. This study was conducted at SMPN 17 Makassar. The population in this study was grade IX.9 at SMPN 17 Makassar in the academic year 2021/2022. The number of samples was 20 students from grade IX.9. In conducted the data analysis, the writer used the SPSS v.25 application. After conducting the study, the writer can conclude that the effect of selfefficacy can improve students' speaking ability. It can be proven by the average score obtained by students in the pre-test and post-test. The mean score increased from 54.20 on the pre-test to 78.00 on the post-test. This shows that the hypothesis H1 is accepted and of course the hypothesis H0 is rejected. This means that self-efficacy can improve students' speaking ability at SMPN 17 Makassar.