Influences on the Speaking Self-Confidence of Undergraduate Engineering Students in Indonesia

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Asian Journal of English Language Teaching ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (1) : 47-82.

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Influences on the Speaking Self-Confidence of Undergraduate Engineering Students in Indonesia

Lavinia Disa Winona ARAMINTA

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This study aimed at ascertaining the level of L2 self-confidence of Indonesian undergraduate engineering students in the context of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) speaking, and relevant influences. A questionnaire and inter- views were employed to elicit information on students’ self-rating of their L2 self-confidence in speaking in English and what they thought might have influ- enced this. The results showed that students’ self-evaluated level of L2 self- confidence was 6,5 on the scale of 1-10. Furthermore, students’ self-assurance (the affective component of L2 self-confidence) was rated higher than their self-evaluation of their competence (the cognitive component) in speaking in English, indicating that they felt more confident than competent in using English orally. Negative influences largely stemmed from their self-perceived low oral skills concerning vocabulary, fluency, and grammatical accuracy. Other influences included situation-specific anxiety in public speaking settings and when required to communicate with native speakers of English. Positive influences included determination to improve current L2 abilities, reflected from students’ out-of-class autonomous language learning, and risk-taking attitude. Based on these findings, implications for pedagogy are discussed.

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Lavinia Disa Winona ARAMINTA. Influences on the Speaking Self-Confidence of Undergraduate Engineering Students in Indonesia[J]. Asian Journal of English Language Teaching. 2018, 27(1): 47-82

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