THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GROWTH MINDSET AND ENGLISH SPEAKING CONFIDENCE OF EFL LEARNERS

Abstract

The present study sets out to explore the correlation between growth mindset and English-speaking confidence among university-level EFL learners. Quantitative in nature, the correlational research design employed in this study purposively selected 29 third-semester students from the English Education Department, UIN, who had completed at least one speaking course prior to this research. The two standardized instruments utilized were an adapted version of the Growth Mindset Inventory from Dweck (2006), which was comprised of eight items, and the adapted version of the English-Speaking Confidence Scale from Ozdemir and Papi (2022), made up of ten items. Both questionnaires applied a five-point Likert scale and obtained a high reliability rate with Cronbach's alpha coefficients at .86 and .89, respectively. Data was collected for a week in speaking lessons, and taking these questionnaires took about 15 minutes. Then, analysis of the obtained data using SPSS version 26 was conducted. The analysis used descriptive statistics, tests for normality, and Pearson product moment correlation analysis.The descriptive analysis shows that the subjects have a moderately high level of both growth mindset and speaking confidence. Although the growth mindset did not meet the requirement in regards to normality, a strong positive relationship can be observed in the correlation analysis between both growth mindset and speaking confidence with a correlation coefficient of r = .853 and significance of p < .001.This means that students who view their abilities as something to be developed through effort feel more confident when speaking English.