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AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS? SPEAKING ANXIETY AT THE FOURTH SEMESTER ENGLISH STUDENTS OF UNIROW TUBAN
ABSTRACT
Wahyuni, Septia Sri. 2018. AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS? SPEAKING ANXIETY AT THE FOURTH SEMESTER ENGLISH STUDENTS OF UNIROW TUBAN
Advisor : Drs. Mansur, M.Pd
Keywords : Analysis, Students, Speaking Anxiety.
Speaking is the main skill that has important role in learning language, because the main purpose of learning foreign language is the ability to communicate using the target language. However it is not easy to master speaking skill, there are many anxiety factors in learning speaking skill. The feeling of anxiety has been described with many different words, such as stress, worry, fear, panic, nervousness, and apprehension.
The purpose of the study are as follows : (1) To describe the kinds of speaking anxiety faced by fourth semester English students of Unirow Tuban. (2) To find out what the students? strategies to overcome the speaking anxiety in the speaking activity.
In this study, the researcher used descriptive qualitative research design to get the valid data. The researcher analyzed the data qualitatively. The technique of collecting data are : interview and questionnaire as called Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) to help her obtain the data for the research.. The subject of this study are 27 students from Fourth semester English students of UNIROW Tuban. There are 21 female students and 6 male students.
The result of this study showed that students faced some speaking anxiety. It is concluded that students were anxious to speak English in class which were caused by many factors that come from psychological factor. Then, to overcome this problem, the researcher found solutions to overcome and reduce speaking anxiety. The students? strategies to overcome speaking anxiety were learning more about grammar, practicing speaking at home regularly, trying to relax, etc. Based on data above, there are so many strategies that used by the students to overcome speaking anxiety. But, the researcher concluded that learning more about grammar, learning new vocabulary, practicing regularly and trying to feel confident were mostly used by the students to overcome speaking anxiety in classroom.
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