Unlocking Potential The Synergy of Self Esteem, Motivation and EFL Students' Speaking Performance among Grade 11 Students in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia
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This study investigated the unlocking potential which is the synergy of self-esteem, motivation, and EFL speaking performance using Pearson-product correlation. Data was collected from 87 Ethiopian grade 11 students at Addis Ketema Sub-city High Schools in Addis Ababa city, using questionnaires adapted from Rosenberg's self-esteem of 1979. Motivation Questionnaires were developed from Attitude Motivation Test Battery which was adapted from Gardner in 1985. Data were also gathered through speaking tests. The results of the Pearson correlation revealed that there was a significant relationship among motivation, self-esteem, and speaking performance. The result indicated that there was a relationship between motivations and speaking performance which is 0.449 with a significant p-value of 0.000 and it is less than 0.05. Moreover, there was a positive relationship between self-esteem and speaking performance which is 0.384 with a significant p-value of 0.000 and it is less than 0.05. The result of multiple regression revealed that 26.6 % of the change in speaking performance was explained by independent variables. However, 73.4% of the speaking performance of the students was not explained in this model. The study revealed that there was a significant relationship among EFL students’ self-esteem, motivation, and speaking performance. Therefore, null hypotheses were rejected and alternative hypotheses were accepted.
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