The Role of Self-Confidence for Developing Speaking Skills

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8. Proposition

After presenting the theories and the phenomena of the implementation of public speaking activity as a strategy to develop the students‟ speaking confidence, the researcher established a proposition of the study. Yin 2009 proposes that there are five prominent components of a research design for a case study. One of the elements is research proposition. This element plays a prominent role as it directs something that should be examined in a study Yin, 2009. The researcher believes that Sidang Akademi is a strategy implemented in Pangudi Luhur Van Lith Senior High School which is deliberately designed to improve the development of speaking confidence. Therefore, the design of the activity, Sidang Akademi, and the development of speaking confidence are the variables of this study.

B. Theoretical Framework

In this thesis, the researcher answers two formulated research questions. The answers to two research questions are based on several related theories described in the theoretical description part. 1. Question 1: How is Sidang Akademi Academic Preliminary Meeting implemented in Pangudi Luhur Van Lith Senior High School? PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 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?