An Analysis of Students’ Speaking Anxiety in an English as Foreign Language (EFL) Classroom (A Case Study at MAN 2 Pandeglang)
| Main Author: | Muhammad, Farhan |
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| Format: | Bachelors NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2019
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.uinbanten.ac.id/4001/1/Farhan%20Muhammad_152301914_AN%20ANAYSIS%20OF%20STUDENTS%20SPEAKING%20ANXIETY%20IN%20AN%20ENGLISH%20AS%20FOREIGN%20LANGUAGE%20%28EFL%29%20CLASSROOM%20%28A%20CASE%20STUDY%20AT%20MAN%202%20PANDEGLANG%29.pdf http://repository.uinbanten.ac.id/4001/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Farhan Muhammad. 152301914. An Analysis of Students’ Speaking Anxiety in an English as Foreign Language (EFL) Classroom (A Case Study at MAN 2 Pandeglang). The paper of English Education Department at Faculty of Education and Teachers Training of State Islamic University Sultan Maulana Hasanudin Banten, 2018/2019. To speak in foreign languages students certainly will experience various obstacles. One of the barriers is from psychological aspect, which is anxiety. This study is intended to know the level of students’ anxiety and identify possible factors to contribute the anxiety in an EFL classroom. The writer took a class of second grade students of Senior High School of MAN 2 Pandeglang in academic year 2018/2019. This research used a descriptive qualitative method with case study approach. The writer used two kinds of instruments to collect the data. The first instrument is Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale questionnaire, developed by Horwitz et al. (1986). It consists of 33 items with 5 point Likert-Scale. The second instrument is the semi-structured interview. The result of this research showed that most of the students are at “Mildly Anxious” level without “Very Anxious” student. There are 10 (29%) students who experience “Anxious” level, 20 (59%) students are in “Mildly Anxious” level, 2 (6%) students have “Relaxed” level, and 2 (6%) student from 34 students is in “Very Relaxed” level. The results of this research show that from psychological aspect more than a half of students (59%) are in the level of moderate anxiety, 10 students (29%) are in the level of severe anxiety, and 4 students (12%) are in the level of mild anxiety. This research also showed that speaking in front of the class, being laughed at by others, incomprehensible input, students’ beliefs about language learning, teacher personality, and lack of preparation were the six factors that may contribute to the students’ anxiety in learning English from ten anxious students were selected as the participants. Keywords: English, Levels of Anxiety, Student’s Anxiety