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Assessing Self-Confidence in Career Readiness Among Prospective English Education Study Program Graduates of University Kondo, Nadia; Siumarlata, Victor; Tandikombong, Matius
Indonesian TESOL Journal Vol. 6 No. 1 (2024): Indonesian TESOL Journal (March)
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri Palopo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24256/itj.v6i1.7276

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This study addresses the issue of confidence among prospective graduates of the English Education Study Program at UKI Toraja as they prepare to enter the workforce. The research aims to find out the level of self-confidence in the career readiness of prospective English education study program graduates of UKI Toraja. The researcher employed a quantitative descriptive method in analyzing the data of this research. The subjects of this research were the seventh-semester students of the English education study program, UKI Toraja, who programmed the thesis. The data of this research was collected by questionnaire to gather data from 20 participants. The data obtained were analyzed using Likert scale techniques. The findings indicate that the overall level of self-confidence among these prospective graduates falls into the category of fair self-confidence, with an average score of 75.5% for the educator category, 68.8% for the entrepreneur category, and 68.1% for the tourism industry category. The implications of this study's results indicate that although students' self-confidence is in the fair category, there is still a need for improvement. Therefore, it is important for study programs to develop strategies that can increase student confidence so that they are better prepared for their readiness for a career. Keywords: Assessing; Self-Confidence; Career; Readiness
The Impact of Teacher Talk Towards Students’ Language Attitude in Learning English Speaking Skill Mangngemba, Sintike; Tandikombong, Matius; Panggua, Selvi
Indonesian TESOL Journal Vol. 6 No. 2 (2024): Indonesian TESOL Journal (October)
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri Palopo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24256/itj.v6i1.7280

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Students’ language attitude in learning English speaking Skill. The researcher conducted the research used quantitative method. The convenience sampling was used to obtain data from 19 7th semester students of English Education study program who had participated all the speaking class. The data were obtained by questionnare technique. Data were analyzed using the T test, correlation coefficient (Pearson product moment), coefficient of determination and linear regression. The results of hypothesis testing using t test analysis, the t-count value is 5.053 and the t-table is 2.120, meaning that the t-count value is greater than the t table, namely 5.053 > 2.120. with a significance level of 0.00 < 0,05. It means that the Null Hypothesis (H0) is rejected and the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. The conclusion is teacher talk has a positive impact towards students’ language attitude in learning english speaking skill. These results show that teacher talk is an important factor in shaping students' language attitudes, so the communication approach used by lecturers in learning English speaking needs to be designed effectively to achieve better results. Keywords: Impact, Teacher Talk, Language Attitude , English Speaking Skill.