Nisa Ulkhaira Erzag, - (2021) The Influence of Students’ Self-Confidence and Motivation on Their Writing Ability at SMAN 1 Benai. Thesis thesis, UNIVERSITAS ISLAM NEGERI SULTAN SYARIF KASIM RIAU.

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ABSTRACT Nisa Ulkhaira Erzag (2021): The Influence of Students’ Self-Confidence and Motivation on Their Writing Ability at SMAN 1 Benai This research was aimed at finding out the influence of students’ self- confidence and motivation on their writing ability at SMAN 1 Benai. The research was a correlational study using a quantitative method with two independent variables and one dependent variable. The subject of the research was the second year students of SMAN 1 Benai consisting of 6 classes in which each class had a different number of students. The sample was taken by using simple random sampling technique. The total population was 208 students and 53 students of this number were taken as the sample. The data were collected by using two adopted questionnaires and a writing test and were analyzed by using SPSS version 23. The result of the study showed that there was a significant correlation between students’ self-confidence and their writing ability that could be seen from the results of the correlation. The significance (p-value) α, 0.001 <0.05, Rxy was 0.322 which means the students’ self-confidence and their writing ability had a correlation. Then, there was a significant correlation between motivation and students’ writing ability that could be seen from the result, where the significance (p-value) α, 0.001 <0.05, Rxy was 0.387. It means that the motivation and the students’ writing ability had a correlation. Finally, there was a significant correlation between students’ self-confidence, their motivation and their writing ability. It was found out that the significance (p-value) α, 0.001 <0.05, Rxy was 0.729 which means that students’ self-confidence, their motivation, and their writing ability had a strong correlation because Rxy was in the range between 0.60 and 0.799. In summary, there was a strong correlation between students’ self-confidence, their motivation and their writing ability at SMAN 1 Benai. Keywords: Correlational research, self-confidence, motivation, writing ability.

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