Strategi Guru Dalam Mendorong Kepercayaan Diri Siswa Kelas Delapan SMPN 14 Palu Dalam Berbicara Bahasa Inggris

ABSTRACT
Sriyanti, A 121 18 210. Teachers’ strategies in encouraging self confidence of
the eighth grade students of SMPN 14 Palu in speaking English. Skripsi.
English Education Study Program. Language and Arts Education. Under the
supervision of Mukrim and Anjar Kusuma Dewi.

The objective of this research is to find out the strategy used by the English
teacher in encouraging students' self-confidence in speaking English and to find
out the students’ perception of the strategy used by the English teacher in
encouraging their self-confidence in speaking English. This research is qualitative
research. The subject was selected by using Snowball technique. The subject of
this research was the English teacher who taught at the eighth grade level of
SMPN 14 Palu and the students in VIII A, five selected students had an interview
with the researcher to find out their perception of the strategy that the English
teacher used. Techniques of collecting the data are observations, interviews, and
documentation. The researcher used technique of analyzing the data from Miles
and Huberman, consist of data reduction, data displayed, and verification. The
result of this research is the teacher who taught at the eighth-grade level of SMPN
14 Palu used the presentation as a strategy to encourage students' self-confidence
in speaking English. The results showed that presentations practices the students
to be brave and accustomed to appearing in public, through the presentation the
teacher tried to build students' self-confidence by giving them a chance to do the
preparation before the students perform. The teacher also provide motivational
feedback or rewards by give the students verbal and nonverbal supports. It
expectedly reduces the students’ anxiety and fosters their self-confidence. The
result also showed that students’ responses toward the strategy used by the
teacher reveal a positive attitude as they responded that the strategy helped them
to speak. The students also argue it challenged them to be more active in the
classroom, and finally, they felt enjoy and be confident during the teaching and
learning process in the classroom.

Key Words :Teachers’ Strategies, Self-Confidence, Speaking English