STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES IN OVERCOMING ENGLISH SPEAKING ANXIETY AT ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM AT BENGKULU UNIVERSITY IN ACADEMIC YEAR 20018/2019

Patrisia, Lisa and Syafrizal, Syafrizal and Kurniawan, Ildi (2019) STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES IN OVERCOMING ENGLISH SPEAKING ANXIETY AT ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM AT BENGKULU UNIVERSITY IN ACADEMIC YEAR 20018/2019. Undergraduated thesis, Universitas Bengkulu.

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Abstract

Abstract: The aim of this research was to find out the strategies used by the English Education Study Program Students in overcoming English speaking anxiety. The research was designed as a descriptive quantitative research. The population of the research was fourth semester students of English Education Study Program at Bengkulu University in the 2018/2019 academic year. The samples were 34 students. The data were collected by using a set of questionnaire. There were 25 statements of anxiety strategies which consisted of five categories of anxiety strategies proposed by Kondo and Ying-Ling (2004). They were Preparation strategy, Positive Thinking strategy, Relaxation strategy, Peer Seeking strategy and Resignation strategy. The result of this research showed that the fourth semester students of English Education Study Program of Bengkulu University used five strategies in overcoming their English speaking anxiety. Positive Thinking strategy (M=3.21) appear to be the most frequent strategy used by the students, followed by Relaxation strategy (M=3.12), Preparation strategy (2.82), Peer Seeking strategy (M=2.50) and the last is Resignation strategy (M=1.53). Furthermore, the average of mean score was 2.63 with predicate “Moderate”. Keywords: Students’ Anxiety, Students’ Strategies, English Speaking Anxiety

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