The Effect Of Self-Confidence In The Achievement Of The Mock Interview For Communicative English Course (Due50032)

Abstract

Mock interview is a form of assessment used on students taking DUE50032 (Communicative English 3) course. Through this assessment students are interviewed based on the topic (Job Hunting Skills) from their syllabus. Based on their performance for this assessment, it was found that most students failed to communicate well, causing students' achievement for the Mock Interview to be at a low and moderate level. Students are not confidence with their response to answer the questions and most of them use nonverbal signals during the Mock Interview assessment. Through this study, a set of questionnaires was distributed to 63 students to identify the main factor that hinder students' self-confidence during the Mock Interview as well as the effect on self-confidence on the achievement of the Mock Interview assessment.  The dependent variable and independent variable are determined based on the student's self-confidence factor in speaking English. The dependent variable for the study is the students’ proficiency level in English while independent variable is divided to five which are attitude, interest, family background, peers and gender. The findings of this study show that a high self-confidence in students improve the performance in achievement of Mock Interview assessment meanwhile, the main factor that contributes to the student’s self-confidence in speaking during the Mock Interview assessment is gender. Due to the differences in language and gender, student’s performance in Mock Interview assessment is significantly affected. Most of the students feel more confident to speak when they are put in a group of same gender compared when put in mix gender group. As a result, they feel more comfortable using the language during the Mock Interview assessment and perform better. Finally, there are several suggestions made by the researchers mentioned in this research to enhance student’s self-confidence when speaking English.