DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/parole.v16i2.29-45

Vocational Students’ Self-Confidence and Speaking Skills: Correlation and Supporting Factors

Department of Education, Faculty of Tarbiya and Teacher Training, UIN Prof. K.H. Saifuddin Zuhri Purwokerto, Purwokerto 53126, Indonesia, Indonesia

Received: 1 Jun 2026; Revised: 3 Aug 2026; Accepted: 2 Sep 2026; Available online: 26 Oct 2026; Published: 1 Oct 2026.
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This research aims to examine the correlation between students’ self-confidence and speaking skills and identify the underlying students’perceived factors associated with students’ self-confidence in speaking skills among the tenth-grade students of TJKT program at SMK Muhammadiyah Sampang Cilacap. This research used a mixed-methods approach with questionnaires, speaking tests, classroom observations, and interviews as the data collection techniques. For the sample, this research involved 41 10th-grade TJKT students based on purposive sampling from the total population of 342 students. The data analysis used in this study involves the Pearson product-moment correlation with the help of SPSS version 27, as well as thematic analysis to identify themes derived from the collection of interview data and observations regarding students' confidence in speaking skills. The findings of this study indicate that the correlation coefficient between variable X (Students’ Self-Confidence) and variable Y (Speaking Skills) is (0.448) > r table (0.308) with a significance value (2-tailed) of 0.003 <0.05. It indicates that the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted, indicating a significant positive correlation between speaking skills and student confidence, and the underlying students’ perceived factors associated with students’ self-confidence in speaking skills among the tenth-grade students of TJKT program at SMK Muhammadiyah Sampang are students' psychological aspects, speaking competency, the impact of social environments, and the learning system.

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Keywords: EFL Students; Correlation Study; Self-Confidence; Speaking Skills; Psychological Aspects; Social Environment

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