The Effectiveness of Mentoring Technique to Improve Self-Efficacy in English Language Learning of 7th to 9th-Grade Students with Visual Impairment at SLB A Yaat Klaten

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the effectiveness of mentoring technique to improve self-efficacy in English language learning of 7^th to 9^th-grade students with visual impairment at SLB A Yaat Klaten. This study belongs to experimental research using a pre-experimental design with one group pretest-posttest. The subjects in this study include 7^th to 9^th-grade students with visual impairment at SLB A Yaat Klaten determined using a saturated sampling technique. The research instruments were questionnaires with 20 favorable statements and 20 unfavorable statements. The results of this study were analyzed using the Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test analysis, which yielded a Z_count of -2.160 with Asymp.Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.031, exemplifying a smaller value than the significance level (p< 0.05). The outcome indicates that the mentoring technique contributes positively to the improvement of self-efficacy of visually-impaired 7^th to 9^th-grade students of SLB A Yaat Klaten for the academic year 2018/2019.