EFl Student Teachers' Speaking Anxienty: The Case In One English Teacher Education Program
| Main Author: | Mukhlash Abrar |
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| Format: | Journal |
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FITK UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
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Daftar Isi:
- This present study examined student teachers' Foroign Language Speaking Anxiety (FLSA) associated with gender and proficiency differences. The participents of the study were 72 second-year EFL student teachers at the english teacher education program of one publice unifersity in Jambi, Indonesia. A close-ended questionnaire developed from syakur (1987) and Horwitz et ak, (1987) was administered to the participants to explore their FLSA. The results indicated that EFL student teachers are highly anxious when speaking English. Furthermore, the findings revealed taht thre is no statistical difference between male and famele student techers on FlSA. On the contrary, proficiency does affect EFL learners' anxiety wherein more proficient students seem to be less nervous to speak.