Journal on Education
Vol 7 No 2 (2025): Journal on Education: Volume 7 Nomor 2 Tahun 2025 In Progress (Januari-Februari 2

The Study of EFL Students’ Anxiety in Public Speaking Performance at SMK Assa’adah Gresik

Lailatul Rohmah (Universitas Qomaruddin Gresik)
Dina Amaliyah Mushthoza (Universitas Qomaruddin Gresik)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Jan 2025

Abstract

Many Indonesian EFL learners show anxiety when speaking English. Therefore, the researcher interests to conduct this research to find out the level of English-speaking anxiety performance. This research aims to investigate speaking anxiety of English Community students at SMK Assa’adah Gresik. Specifically, the researcher attempts to identify what are the factors that may contribute to anxiety in public speaking performance environment based on students' perspective and to investigate the level of students’ anxiety in public speaking performance. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative method. The data are gathered through observation checklist, questionnaire, and interview. The most commonly used tool for assessing FLA is the FLCAS (Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale) developed by Horwitz et al. (1986). A modified version of FLCAS was used in this study. The original version of FLCAS is a point scale instrument ranged from (strongly disagree to strongly agree) measuring students language anxiety.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

joe

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Subject

Education

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Journal On Education is a journal that publishes articles related to research (Case Study, Qualitative, Quantitative, Action Research), or development in the field of education such as early education, basic education, secondary education, out-of-school education, higher education, assessment in ...