The effect of self-efficacy on learning the speaking skill in English as a foreign language

The subject-matter of the present paper aims at probing into the effect of self-efficacy on the speaking skill of learners of EFL at the department of English in university of Mentouri Brothers-Constantine. A students’ scale questionnaire is designed to back up the aim of this study. The data are analyzed, using descriptive statistics to check the relationship between self-efficacy and learning the speaking skill during the oral expression course. The findings thus show that there is a sound congruence between the students’ self-efficacy perceptions and their speaking performance in English language learning.