Students’ Emotional Intelligence and Self-Efficacy on The Speaking Performance in Politeknik Kesehatan Mimika

Abstract

The research aimed to find out the level of students' emotional intelligence, to reveal how emotional intelligence and self-efficacy affect the students' speaking performance, and to compare emotional intelligence and self-efficacy, which dominantly affect the students' speaking performance. This research was conducted in mixed method research. The instruments used in this research were a speaking test, questionnaire, and interview. The population were 35 students of Politeknik Kesehatan Mimika. The data were analyzed using the Likert scale, descriptive statistics, and ANOVA through SPSS 23 version. The result of this research showed that the level of students' emotional intelligence was at a very good level, while the level of students' self-efficacy was at an average level. The components of Emotional Intelligence affected the students' speaking performance were self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and relationship management. On the other hand, the dimensions of self-efficacy were not affecting the students' speaking performance. The Emotional Intelligence dominantly affected the students' speaking performance as evidenced by standardize coefficient (Beta) value 41.3 %, while the standardize coefficient (Beta) value of self-efficacy is 3.3%.

 Keywords: Emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, speaking performance