AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ANXIETY IN SPEAKING ENGLISH (A Study at 11th Grade Social Science Students of SMAN 4 Kota Bengkulu)

Damayanti, Ria Anggi and Mulyadi, Mulyadi and Kasmaini, Kasmaini (2024) AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ANXIETY IN SPEAKING ENGLISH (A Study at 11th Grade Social Science Students of SMAN 4 Kota Bengkulu). Undergraduated thesis, Universitas Bengkulu.

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Abstract

This research aims at determining the level and factors causing student anxiety in speaking English faced by 11th grade students majoring in Social Sciences for the 2022/2023 academic year. This research is quantitative descriptive. The sample for this research was 60 students from 11th grade majoring in Social Sciences, from class Social Science 1 to Social Science 5. Data collection was carried out by using a questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of 32 items representing 3 categories of student anxiety adapted from Horwitz et. al (1986). The questionnaire has been validated using expert judgment. The reliability of this instrument was obtained using the Cronbach's Alpha formula in Microsoft Excel software. This research used simple statistics (percentage and weighted average) to analyze the data. The results of the study showed that the majority of students (49 out of 60) were at a moderate level of anxiety, meaning that the overall level of anxiety for 11th grade students majoring in Social Sciences was moderate anxiety in speaking English. There are three factors that cause student anxiety in learning to speak English in 11th grade students majoring in Social Sciences; Test Anxiety, Communication Apprehension, Fear of Negative Evaluation. The majority factor that causes student anxiety in learning to speak English in 11th grade students majoring in Social Sciences mostly comes from the Test Anxiety. Keywords: Anxiety, Anxiety level, Anxiety factors.

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