How to boost self-esteem of student teachers in speaking skills?

Abstract

The aim of this research study is to find out whether the causes of student teachers’ speaking problems in English arise from low self-esteem. In the study, Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) was used as pre-post tests to measure the degree of self-esteem of the student teachers. The pre-test results indicated that most of the student teachers had low self-esteem. The participants were exposed to nine-week classroom treatment in order to increase their global and task self-esteem levels through classroom interaction activities. After the treatment process, RSES was readministered on the participants. Paired sampled t-test results indicated that the superiority of post-test results over the pre-test results with significant differences.

Key words: self-esteem, interaction, speaking skill, student teachers, communication