AN ANALYSIS OF SPEAKING ANXIETY IN ENGLISH CLASSROOM (A Descriptive Quantitative Study of the Eleven Grade Students of SMA Islam Sudirman Bringin in the Academic Year of 2018/2019)

Mariam, Dewi (2018) AN ANALYSIS OF SPEAKING ANXIETY IN ENGLISH CLASSROOM (A Descriptive Quantitative Study of the Eleven Grade Students of SMA Islam Sudirman Bringin in the Academic Year of 2018/2019). Other thesis, IAIN SALATIGA.

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Abstract

Anxiety is a feeling of fear, tension and apprehension about what’s to come. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of students' speaking anxiety and to find out the dominant type of anxiety that occurred in English classroom. The research methodology is descriptive quantitative study. Data collection techniques are questionnaire of foreign language class anxiety scale (FLCAS) adapted from Horwitz, E. K., Horwitz, M. B., & Cope, J. (1986) to determine the level of students' speaking anxiety and to find out the dominant type of anxiety that occurs. The writer found that there were 2 (12%) students who experienced the level of "Very Anxious", 6 (35%) students were at the level of "Anxious", 7 (41%) students were at the level of "Mildly anxious" and only 2 (12)% ) students have a "Relaxing" level. The Findings from grouping based on FLCAS type found that "Fear of Negative Evaluation" was the main factor that caused students to feel anxious about 11 (65%) students, followed by test anxiety factor with 10 (59%) students. Communication apprehension is the lowest factor with 9 (53%) students. It concludes the highest anxiety scale that occurs in "Mildly anxiety" caused by fear of negative evaluation

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