A study on the self-confidence of english department students after taking public speaking course: a narrative study

Hidayah, Nur (2023) A study on the self-confidence of english department students after taking public speaking course: a narrative study. Undergraduate Thesis thesis, UIN K.H. Abdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan.

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Abstract

This study aims to reveal student's self-confidence when doing public speaking (PS) after attending PS courses. This study attempts to answer the main questions: (1) How is the student's self-confidence in public speaking after taking the PS course? and (2) What are the challenges faced by students, and how do students overcome these challenges? This study uses a narrative design. The data were taken from interviews with 5 students who had taken PS courses. The collected data were analyzed using three methods, namely data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing proposed by Miles, Huberman, and Saldana. This study shows the feelings that arise in students when doing public speaking such as still very stiff, feeling not fluent, convoluted, unhappy, lacking in confidence, unsteady, still nervous, and embarrassed. However, apart from these feelings, there were also participants who felt better and became more confident after taking the PS course. The challenges faced by the participants when doing PS were slurred speech, confusion, lack of confidence, stage fright, unable to control expressions, and poor vocabulary. However, these challenges are faced in their own way, such as relaxing/calm, thinking positively, practicing more, convincing yourself, not caring about negative responses, preparing topics well, washing your face to refresh, and praying before doing PS. Based on the data analysis it can be concluded that the majority of students feel their confidence is still low when speaking in public even though they have graduated from public speaking class. This study contributes to providing reflection on the process of teaching and learning public speaking in the English department.

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