Student’s Self-Efficacy in Speaking Learning

Abstract

This study aims to describe ways that can be used to improve students' self-efficacy in speaking learning. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method with literature study techniques. One of the causes of student speaking difficulties is anxiety. Anxiety is associated with low self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is an individual's belief in his ability to complete a task or achieve a predetermined goal. Therefore, so that students' anxiety when speaking is reduced so that students can speak well, it is necessary to do ways to improve student self-efficacy in the learning process through four sources of self-efficacy, namely (1) mastery experience, (2) representative experience, (3) verbal persuasion or social persuasion, and (4) physiological and affective conditions. The source of self-efficacy used in learning is tailored to the needs, both the condition of students and existing facilities. Self-efficacy can be improved in each step of learning, both in pre-activity, core activities (preparation steps, presentation practice steps, speech/presentation steps, and presentation evaluation steps), and post-activity learning.