An Analysis of the Correlation Between Self-Confidence and Students' TOEFL Grammar Test Ability
Abstract
Grammar is an important aspect of the TOEFL Test. In general, self-confidence influences a person's psychological aspects of getting things done. The objective of this study is to examine the correlation between students' abilities on the TOEFL grammar test and their level of self-confidence. Using a purposive sampling technique, the research sample consisted of students enrolled in University of Bengkulu at seventh semester of the English Language Education study program. This research used a quantitative approach using SPSS software to analyze data. The study's conclusions demonstrated that while students tended to be more confident in their grasp of grammar, this did not imply that confidence affected students' performance on the TOEFL grammar test. Then, it could be seen from the existence of 9 question items from the TOEFL grammar test that were invalid. This affected the simple linear regression test which proved that the sig value is 0.53 > 0.05. In other words, variable x, namely self-confidence, had no influence on the TOEFL grammar test. Therefore, the results of this research had implications for students of the English language education study program at University of Bengkulu that self-confidence and the TOEFL grammar test did not influence each other.
Keywords: TOEFL; self-confidence; English language
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