SECOND LANGUAGE STUDENTS' CONFIDENCE IN PRODUCING THE CORRECT ANSWER

Abstract

This paper is designed to assess whether there was any relationship between correctness in answering and accuracy in judging the correctness/incorrectness of the answers the students wrote. To achieve this aim, a test was set and administered to 29 students studying physics in the kiremt Programme at Bahir Dar Teachers’ College. Every student was required to indicate how sure he was of the correctness of the answer he/she gave to each item by writing one number of the 5 point scale.

The results indicate that the subjects neither rated 5 each of the items they got correct nor 1 all those items they were wrong in. The students’ confidence ratings are discussed in terms of Monitor Hypothesis, Fossilization, and teaching.