EXPLORING EFL STUDENT’S ANXIETY IN PUBLIC SPEAKING PERFORMANCE (A Study at the 2nd Grade Student of SMK 4 South Bengkulu in Academic Year 2022/2023)

Virgonita, Sukma (2022) EXPLORING EFL STUDENT’S ANXIETY IN PUBLIC SPEAKING PERFORMANCE (A Study at the 2nd Grade Student of SMK 4 South Bengkulu in Academic Year 2022/2023). Diploma thesis, UIN Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu.

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Abstract

Many Indonesia EFL learners show anxiety when speaking English. Therefore, the researcher were interested to conduct this study to find out the level of English-speaking anxiety experienced by those students. In this qualitative study, data were collected from 36 students through a questionnaire that was adopted from the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) consisted of 10 items developed by Horwitz, et al. (1986). The data from the questionnaire were analyzed by using the FLCAS questionnaire scale. Based on the results were described in percentages and are further elaborated in narration. The data revealed that two out of 36 students (56%) experienced low-level anxiety, 14 out of 36 students (39%) had anxiety at a moderate level, and 20 out of two students (5,5%) got high-level anxiety. Based on the theory of anxiety in public speaking it means that most students experienced a low level of speaking anxiety. In this case, those findings can be the inputs for every English teacher, especially for the English teachers in which this study was conducted, to be aware of the level of their students’ English-speaking anxiety. It is hoped that the findings of this research can give information and add knowledge to English teachers about EFL students’ level of anxiety so that they could find an appropriate strategy to reduce their students’ speaking anxiety.

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