THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SELF CONFIDENCE AND SPEAKING ABILITY OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 3 TAMPAKSIRING IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

The aim of the research was to find out the correlation between selfconfidence and speaking ability. In conducting this research, the researcher has collected the data through correlational research, which used test as instrument for getting the data. The main purpose of the present research was to find out whether there was significant correlation between self-confidence and speaking ability. This research used ex-post facto in form of correlational study. The population of the present study consisted of 299 students and 29 of them were chosen as the samples. They are determined by means cluster random sampling technique because the group in the population had many classes. The researcher used questionnaire for students' self-confidence and short monologue test for the students speaking ability. The techniques of analysing data were descriptive statistics and inferential analysis using SPSS 26.0. The researcher analysed using normality test, homogeneity test, Pearson product moment, and t-testing, whereas the inferential analysis used to prove the hypothesis test in the significance level 0.05. The result show that there was a positive correlation between self-confidence and speaking ability. It was proved by the result of rxy is (0.607) which that in high correlation. It included the scaled of interpretation score between 0.600 - 0.800 with degree of significance 5%. It means that null hypothesis (Ho) in this research was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha). Based on the result of this research, it can be concluded that there is a correlation between self-confidence and speaking ability of the eighth grade students of SMPN 3 Tampaksiring in academic year 2021/2022.