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2026•Skripsi, Thesis, Disertasi, dan Tugas Akhir
Advances in digital technology have generated new opportunities for English language learning beyond formal classroom environments. This study explores university students' experiences in utilizing Instagram as an informal platform for English language learning, focusing on their speaking skills, self-confidence, perceptions, challenges, and the meanings they ascribe to these learning experiences. Employing a qualitative approach, this research adopted a netnographic method. The study collected data through observations, video content analysis, documentation, and semi-structured interviews with four university students. The data were interpretively analysed to understand the students' learning experiences, practices, perceptions, strategies, and challenges. The findings indicate that Instagram contributes positively to the development of students' speaking skills and self-confidence. Through authentic English content, observing pronunciation and expressions, and repeated speaking practice, students improved their pronunciation, fluency, vocabulary, grammar, and content organization. Students perceived Instagram as a user-friendly, flexible, engaging, and relevant learning medium. However, students faced several challenges, including difficulty understanding pronunciation variations and accents, limited vocabulary, distractions from entertainment content, information overload, and a lack of academic feedback. To overcome these hurdles, students employed self-regulated strategies such as rewatching videos, utilizing captions, taking notes on new vocabulary, following trusted educational accounts, and managing their study time. This study concludes that Instagram can serve as an effective informal learning environment that complements formal instruction. Crucially, speaking skills and self-confidence do not develop automatically through mere exposure to content; rather, they result from an active process involving content selection, observation, practice, evaluation, reflection, and interaction. These findings suggest that educators may consider integrating Instagram as a supplementary resource for authentic and contextual speaking activities.
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2026•Skripsi, Thesis, Disertasi, dan Tugas Akhir
This study aims to determine whether group guidance incorporating the bentengan game has an influence on the self-confidence of Grade XI LAS 1 students at SMK Negeri 2 Tarakan. Low student self-confidence was indicated by observable behaviors such as appearing nervous when speaking in front of the class, consistently seeking assistance before attempting tasks independently, rarely raising their hand or answering questions even when knowing the correct answer, and limited interaction with classmates during group activities. One approach that can be undertaken to address this issue is through group guidance services incorporating the bentengan game. The study employs a quantitative approach using experimental research. The research design applied is a applied is a pre-experimental design in the form of a one-group pretest-posttest design. Data were collected using a self-confidence scale. The study population consisted of 59 students in Grade XI LAS 1 at SMK Negeri 2 Tarakan, with a sample of 12 students selected using simple random sampling. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics with the aid of SPSS version 21. The pretest results indicate that students' self-confidence scores fell within the low to very high category, with a mean score of 71.50. Following the intervention, the posttest results show an improvement, with scores falling within the high to very high category and a mean score of 80.41. Based on hypothesis testing using the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test, a significance value of 0.002 was obtained, which is below the threshold of 0.05. Consequently, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted, and the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected, indicating that group guidance incorporating the bentengan game has a significant influence on the self-confidence of Grade XI LAS 1 students at SMK Negeri 2 Tarakan.
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2020•Skripsi, Thesis, Disertasi, dan Tugas Akhir
This research was conducted to examine the correlation between students' self-confidence and the speaking achievement at the eleventh grade students of SMKN 1 Tarakan. This is a quantitative research with a correlational design. The population was the eleventh grade students. Using a simple random sampling technique, 85 out of 431 students in the eleventh grade were taken as the research sample. The data were collected using a questionnaire, and the students' speaking achievement were taken from the English subject teacher assessment documents in the first semester of the 2020/2021 school year. The data were analyzed statistically using the Pearson Product Moment with the help of SSS version 22.00, the results showed that there was a significant correlation between self-confidence and speaking ability scores of students as indicated by a significant value (, 000 0, 05) and a value r calculated is greater than the critical value (0.730> 0.210)
