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An Analysis Of Students? Speaking Anxiety At The Fourth Semester English Students Of Unirow Tuban
ABSTRACT
Speaking is the main skill that has important role in learning language. The
researcher feels interested and curious to know speaking anxiety at the fourth semester
English students of Unirow Tuban because speaking anxiety is very common problem that
influences students? speaking performance.
The purpose of the study are : (1) To describe the kinds of speaking anxiety faced by
fourth semester English students of Unirow Tuban.(2) To find out 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 technique of
collecting data are: interview and questionnaire as called Foreign Language Classroom
Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). The subject of this study are 27 students from Fourth semester
English students of UNIROW Tuban
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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