Evaluation of Grade 12 Students' Self-Confidence in English Oral Recitation in FABINHS

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study seeks to evaluate the level of self-confidence of the students in FABINHS. The Grade 12 Senior High School students have shown that the students experienced difficulty in terms of answering English Oral Recitation. This study serves as the guide on the next researchers to help them to have a knowledge about the level of self-confidence of the students in FABINHS.

METHODS

The study was made used of mixed method research as the research design. The researchers used stratified sampling that divides the population of interest into smaller groups. Slovin's Formula was used to get the sample size of the Grade 12 student respondents. The researchers utilized instruments in the study. It indicated interviewand survey questionnaire. The researchers made use of the SPSS version 20 to generate results, tables, and computed values. Frequency and Percentage were used to describe the profile of the respondents. Moreover, mean and standard deviation were also used to describe the responses made by the student respondents for each item indicator of the Likert scale.

RESULTS

The study proved that the Grade 12 students have low self-confidence when it comes to English oral recitation. Majority of the student respondents belonged to the age bracket of 17-18 with a frequency of 95 or 90.4%. All student respondents are male. Somehow, in evaluating the students' self-confidence in each section, the study proved that Diligence got the highest self-confidence in English oral recitation and Prudence got the lowest self-confidence. Moreover, indicator number 4, “I worry if my classmates speak better than I do” got the highest mean of 1.59 with the verbal interpretation of “Agree” while the indicator number 9, “I feel more scared in English class than in other class” got the lowest mean of 1.35 with the verbal interpretation of disagree.

DISCUSSIONS

The results demonstrated the need for building, enhancing, and boosting the self-confidence of the students in English Oral Recitation. Students should stay patient, inspired to learn, and achieve more to be able them to perform well not just in class but being a citizen of this nation.: