Research in English and Education Journal
Vol 6, No 1 (2021): February 2021

An Analysis on Factors That Influence Students’ Anxiety in Speaking English

Mahdalena Mahdalena (Universitas Syiah Kuala)
Asnawi Muslem (Universitas Syiah Kuala)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Feb 2021

Abstract

This research aims at exploring some theories and previous findings related to students' speaking anxiety and identifying the factors and the phenomena that influence students’ speaking anxiety as well as finding out the way students to anticipate reducing their anxiety while speaking English.This research used library research in nature. In conducting the research, the researcher used two theories as the framework of the study. The first theories used by Worde (2003) and the second theory was from Rajitha Alamelu (2019).  The researcher analysed this data using descriptive qualitative. The results of this research found that there were some influential factors that contribute to the students' anxiety in speaking English namely: speaking activities, inability to comprehend, pedagogical practices, error correction, fear of negative evaluation, external factors and internal factors. Meanwhile, several strategies from Kondo and Ying-Ling (2004)used toreduce students' anxiety in learning foreign languages, especially when appearing in front of the class, are preparation, relaxation, positive thinking, making friends, and resigning. Therefore, students are expected to be able to minimize their anxiety and improve their English skills.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

READ

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

READ (Research in English and Education) Journal (e-ISSN 2528-746X) is a peer-reviewed and open access academic journal published by the Department of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. It highlights and publishes works in ...