Abstract:
This research is intended to find whether or not the teachers’
motivation can build the students confidence in speaking English. The
design of this research is descriptive qualitative analysis.
The study was conducted at SMPN 8 Makassar with a population of
students of class VIII-13 consisting of 30 students. Number of Instruments
in use is a motivational questionnaire to measure students' self confidence
in speaking English, observation of teachers in teaching English, and
teacher interviews to obtain information.
The results of this research indicate that there is a significant influence
between giving motivation to students to students' self confidence in
speaking English. It can be seen from the results of analysis where the
students who got the category of "very good" reached 60%. Highly
motivated students have better speaking skills compared with low
motivated students. Therefore, the writer suggests the teachers of English
to maintain student motivation to increase students' self confidence in
speaking English.
