Mulyana, Sherly Saputri
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EXPLORING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ANXIETY IN CLASSROOM Mulyana, Sherly Saputri; Burki, Audrey Bianca; Helmie, Jauhar
Jurnal JOEPALLT (Journal of English Pedagogy, Linguistics, Literature, and Teaching) Vol 12, No 1 (2024)
Publisher : Universitas Suryakancana

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35194/jj.v12i1.3415

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ABSTRACTThis research discusses students’ speaking anxiety in English classroom. The aims are to investigate the factors that cause students’ anxiety in speaking English and the strategies that students use to reduce their anxiety in speaking English. The researcher conducted this research in one of senior high schools in Cianjur and this research used a descriptive qualitative method. The participants of this research were 35 students. The data were obtained from open-ended questionnaire and interview. The techniques of analyzing data were data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusion. The results revealed that there are various factors that cause students’ anxiety including apprehension of verbal communication, test anxiety and fear of negative evaluation. Furthermore, the researcher found the strategies that students use to reduce their anxiety in speaking: preparation, relaxation, positive thinking, peer seeking, holding things, socially awkward, gesture/body language and self-entertaining. Keywords: anxiety, students' anxiety, speaking English, factor anxiety, strategies to reduce anxiety