AN ANALYSIS OF SELF-EFFICACY TOWARDS STUDENTS’ READING SKILL (A Case Study at the Tenth Grade of SMAN 1 Padangan)

AGUSTIN, NADITIA ALIF (2024) AN ANALYSIS OF SELF-EFFICACY TOWARDS STUDENTS’ READING SKILL (A Case Study at the Tenth Grade of SMAN 1 Padangan). Diploma thesis, IKIP PGRI BOJONEGORO.

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Agustin, Naditia Alif. 2024. “An Analysis of Self-Efficacy towards Students’ Reading Skill (A Case Study at the Tenth Grade of SMAN 1 Padangan)”. Skripsi, English Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education, IKIP PGRI Bojonegoro, Advisor I Dr. Ima Isnaini Taufiqur Rohmah, M.Pd., Advisor II Ayu Fitrianingsih, M.Pd. Keywords: Self-Efficacy, Reading Skill, English Learning Reading is a requirement for success in the classroom today. Some problems that students face in learning English are they are not confidence in answering questions, and reading text. They show indications of low self-efficacy when learning English especially in reading skill. Students' reading ability is influenced by various factors, including their self-efficacy. This research aims to explore what factors affecting tenth grade students’ self-efficacy and how self-efficacy affect students’ reading skill at SMAN 1 Padangan. This research was qualitative with case study approach. The subject was tenth grade students of X1 SMAN 1 Padangan. The data was collected by two instruments, interview and reading test. Interview was used to measure students’ self-efficacy and reading test was used to measure students’ reading skill. This research shows that self-efficacy influences students' reading abilities. The findings in this research revealed that the majority of students answered in their interview with researcher the factors that influence student self-efficacy were self-confidence, self-assessment, excitement to try a new thing, taking a risk, never giving up, being able to handle the problem, believing in their own ability, working on the task well, excited for going to school and like challenges. Students who had high sense of self-efficacy tend to be confident in working on questions so that their reading skill got a high score. It can be concluded that self-efficacy influences students' reading abilities.

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