The Significance of Speaking for the Personal Success

23 The first research question deals with the implementation of Sidang Akademi as a strategy to develop students‟ speaking confidence. In order to answer the problem formulation number one, the researcher discusses the rationale of the activity. The rationale of the implementation of Sidang Akademi is deliberately designed in order to fulfil the vision and mission of the school and facilitate the students to possess such quality. In addition, there is a step-by-step process from the beginning until the end of the process. The theory of public speaking established by Aristotle as cited in Hendrikus 1991 assists the researcher in the descripting of an ideal public speaking. The researcher makes use the theory of giving the presentation composed by Molen and Hoogland 2005 in order to give a clear awareness about the elements of giving presentations. Furthermore, the connection of the answer to the theory of speech proposed by Wilson, Arnold and Wertheimer 1990 and the theory of speaking in public established by Zarefsky 1996 will be elaborated to present the importance of speaking in front of public. The researcher refers the answer to the variables in the proposition which is the design of the activity and Sidang Akademi which is designed as a strategy to develop students‟ speaking confidence. 2. How do the third-grade students in Pangudi Luhur Van Lith Senior High School develop their confidence in speaking English through the implementation of Sidang Akademi? 24 The second problem formulation is about the strategy and the development of the speaking confidence which are maintained through the implementation of Sidang Akademi in Pangudi Luhur Van Lith Senior High School. In order to answer the second research question, the theory of speaking established by Nunan 1999 assists the exploration of the case about speaking skill since the study explores the implementation of the speaking activity. The researcher presents the development of speaking confidence established by Goel 2012 in order to give the information about the effect of speaking confidence development towards self-concept. The concept of speaking problems composed by Tuan and Mai 2015 and Mukminin et al. 2015 presents the problems encountered by the EFL students in developing the speaking confidence. These problems which are presented beforehand will likely be similar to the problems encountered by the third-grade students in Pangudi Luhur Van Lith Senior High School. The speaking problems, in fact, inhibit the students to develop speaking skills. The answer to the second research question will elaborate the variable in the proposition which is the development of speaking confidence. In presenting this variable, the researcher also establishes the discussion about the strategy maintained by the students and the development of the speaking confidence as the result of Sidang Akademi implementation.