Speaking in a foreign language can be influenced by such psychological aspects as anxiety and self-confidence. The students who have high level of anxiety, worry, fear and low level of self-confidence in foreign language classes may have difficulties in developing their speaking ability. The objective of this research was to find out whether there was a significant correlation between students’ speaking anxiety, self-confidence, and their speaking achievement. The research used correlation design. The data were collected through interviews that were scored by two raters and two questionnaires that were administered to fifth semester students (n = 28) from a Teacher and Training Faculty in Indonesia. The data were analyzed using descriptive and correlational analysis. The results indicated that speaking anxiety has no significant correlation with speaking achievement. Self-confidence has a significant correlation with speech achievement (p = .01). That is, students with self-confidence have higher achievement. So, it is important for teachers and lecturers to encourage students and practice speaking English in front of class, especially to improve the self-confidence when the students are communicating in English.

: The purpose of this study to determine the correlation among writing theory, writing motivation and the writing practice of narrative text. The method used is survey with correlational techniques. The analytical method used is correlational analysis.  The population is all students of English Department. The sample is 75 students with total sampling technique. The result shows that (1) there is significant correlation between Writing Theory and Writing Practice, proven by t value = 5.579 and Sig0.000 <0.05;(2) there is significant correlation between Writing Motivation and Writing Practice,  proven by t value = 2.167 and Sig. 0.000 <0.05; (3) there is significant contribution of Writing Theory and Writing Motivation toward Writing Practice, proven by Fo = 64.936 and Sig. 0.000 <0.05. It can be concluded that the writing practice of narrative text is correlated by writing theory and writing motivation both partially and simultaneously.   Keywords: motivation, narrative text, practice, theory, writing

The growing demand for the specialized English for mechanical engineering has been increased. The mechanical engineers have been required to perform their professional activities such as presentation, meetings, briefings, participation in the international conferences and business arena. The university institutions offer ESP course to assist the learners to prepare for a future professional career. In response to these needs, the aim of this research is to investigate the perceived needs of mechanical engineering students, the teachers, and stakeholders of institution to provide an guided approach to ESP course design for mechanical engineering students. A descriptive research method is adopted for this evaluation study. The purpose of this study is to explore the needs of ESP course design at mechanical engineering study program of Tridinanti University. The participants involved in the study were students, teacher and stakeholders of institution. The results of this study showed the mechanical engineering students, the teachers and stakeholders of institution perspectives were positive towards by taking into consideration needs analysis for designing ESP course to provide the appropriate materials for academic and professional purposes.