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The Correlation between Self-Talk and Speaking Ability

ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities · Vol. 8 No. 2 (2025) · pp. 598–610

DOI
10.34050/els-jish.v8i2.44965
ISSN
2621-0835, 2621-0843
Published
2025-06-23
Publisher
Hasanuddin University
Language
en
License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Abstract

This research used correlational quantitative research design. This research aims to find out whether there is a positive correlation between students' self-talk and their speaking’s ability. The sample of this research consists of 30 students from the academic year 2021/2022 of English Education Study Program at Tadulako University. The sampling technique used in this study is simple random sampling. The instruments used to collect data were a speaking test and a questionnaire. The method used to analyze the correlation between students' self-talk and students' speaking ability is the Pearson product-moment correlation and simple linear regression test. The result of this research showed that there is a significant correlation between self-talk and students’ speaking ability. This correlation is indicated by a Pearson correlation value of 0.883, which means there is a very strong correlation between the two variables. The value of t-count is 9.975, higher than the t-table 2.048. This implies that students’ self-talk can influence the development of speaking ability. The higher the positive self-talk that students have, the better their speaking ability will be. Conversely, the higher the negative self-talk that students have, the lower their speaking ability will be.

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  • Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta
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Sudarkam R MertosonoAffiliation unknown2
Abd. KamaruddinAffiliation unknown2
Darmawan DarmawanAffiliation unknown2
Dita OctavianaAffiliation unknown1
Mochtar MahrumAffiliation unknown1
Rofiqoh RofiqohPoltekkes Kemenkes Kendari1
Putri AndiniAffiliation unknown1
Nur Sehang ThamrinAffiliation unknown1
Tri RahayuUniversitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta1
Sriati UsmanAffiliation unknown1
Priskila AngelikaAffiliation unknown1
Zarkiani ZarkianiAffiliation unknown1
Reniasni KamidiAffiliation unknown1
Mukrim MukrimAffiliation unknown1
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Zarkiani HasyimAffiliation unknown1
Sarah SuciatiAffiliation unknown1
Wahyudin WahyudinSTKIP Taman Siswa Bima1
Megasari MongiAffiliation unknown1
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