Author/Authors :
Kalanzadeh، Gholam Ali نويسنده English Language Department, Payame Noor University (PNU), Andimeshk, Khuzestan, Iran , , Mahnegar، Farshad نويسنده Department of English Language, Payame Noor University (PNU), Shush, Iran , , Hassannejad، Esmaeil نويسنده Department of English Language, Dezful Branch Islamic Azad University, , , Bakhtiarvand ، Morteza نويسنده English Language Department, Ministry of Education, Andimeshk, Khuzestan, Iran ,
Abstract :
This study aims at investigating the relationship between the EFL intermediate students self – esteem and their speaking skills. Accordingly, two groups of university students were selected as the low and high self – esteem participants. This was done by their responses given to a questionnaire developed by Lui et al. (2005) to measure self – esteem. After selecting the participants, the researcher utilized a standard oral proficiency test based on the scales provided by Farhadi et al. (1995), measuring five sub skills of vocabulary, structure, pronunciation, fluency and comprehensibility to evaluate the speaking ability of the participants at the end of the study. By analyzing the data were gathered from the participants. That is to say the high self-esteem students were found to be more inclined to involve themselves in the conversations and other spoken activities on the classroom including the oral production of stories in English. It was found that there is a statistically significant correlation between the students self – esteem and their verbal performance.
