The Influence of Papuan Folkore to Improve Speaking and Self Confidence With Show and Tell method In SMK Modellink Sorong 2025/2026

The purpose of this study was to determine whether Papuan folklore had an influnce in improving speaking skills and self-confidence through the show and tell method at SMK Modellink Sorong. Relevant to the objective of the research applied pre experimental quantitative research design. The research design is one group pretest posttest. The sample of this research was eight grade which consisted of 20 students in one class X TKJ. In the collecting the data, this research used speaking test consisting of 20 items, oral test and questionnaires to getting tream treamt with show and tell method through papua folklore and confidence student choice and 10 item matching. In analyzing the data, the researcher used SPSS 31 Program to calculate research the data. The result finding of the research showed that the result of the t-test is P value (0.001) < (0.05). It means that H0 was rejected and Ha was accepted. The alternative hypothesis (Ha) was there an the influence of papua folkore to improve speaking and self confidence with show and tell method between pretest and posttest. In addition, it can be seen from the pretest was (49.15) increase on posttest (68.70) it can be increase in the mean score indicate a posititive change in students speaking skill after using the show and tell method based on Papuan folkore. However, this research has several limitations: it involved only one class without a comparison group, focused solely on noun vocabulary, and observed students only during classroom activities without examining their learning outside clas