ANXIETY IN SPEAKING CLASSES (A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON THE SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2104)

SARI, DIANA KARTIKA (2015) ANXIETY IN SPEAKING CLASSES (A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON THE SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2104). Bachelor thesis, UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO.

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Abstract

This research was designed to reveal: students’ speaking anxiety level, dominant aspect causing speaking anxiety, and dominant strategy in coping students’ speaking anxiety. The method of this research was descriptive survey which was done on the sixth semesters of English Department, Muhamadiyah University of Purwokerto, on academic year 2013/2014. The samples were 25 students or 20% from the population. Data was collected through questionnaires and interview. The first questionnaire was adapted from Horwitz, Horwitz, and Cope (1986) namely Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). It was made for knowing students’ level of speaking anxiety and dominant aspect of anxiety that made students experienced speaking anxiety. The second questionnaire was adopted from Rasmodjo (2011). It was for knowing strategy that students used in coping their anxiety. The finding of the questionnaires revealed that students experienced speaking anxiety in severe level (56%), moderate level (36%), and mild level (8%). Fear of negative evaluation became dominant aspect (65.28%) causing speaking anxiety. It followed by test anxiety (58.96%) and communication apprehension (56.72%). In coping students’ speaking anxiety, it was found that making good preparation (belonged to memory strategy) was used by 80% students. Interview result also revealed the same point that students were in speaking anxiety, exactly in severe level. Fear negative evaluation became the dominant aspect causing speaking anxiety (62.5%) and most of them asserted that making good preparation became their strategy in coping speaking anxiety (62.5%).

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