AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ANXIETY IN SPEAKING FOR DISCUSSION CLASS (A Study at the Third Semester of English Education Study Program of Universitas Bengkulu in Academic Year 2019/2020)

This research aimed to find out the level and the factors that caused students’
anxiety faced by the third-semester students of the English Education Study Program
of Universitas Bengkulu in Speaking for Discussion class. This research was
descriptive quantitative. The population of this research was the third-semester
students of the English Education Study Program of Universitas Bengkulu in the
2019-2020 academic year. The sample of this research was selected by using total
sampling tehcnique, totaling 66 students. The data were collected by using a
questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 33 items which represent 3 categories
of students’ anxiety adapted from Horwitz et. al (1986). This research used simple
statistical (percentage and weighted average) to analyze the data. The results of this
study show that the students fell into the medium level of anxiety. There were three
factors that cause students’ anxiety in speaking for discussion class; Fear of Negative
Evaluation (Strongly Affected), Communication Apprehension (Moderately
Affected), and Test Anxiety (Moderately Affected). Therefore, the most dominant
causing factors were the Fear of Negative Evaluation. It was found that the students
were in a group discussion with people who had a better capability in speaking, they
became unconfident with their ability.
Keywords: Anxiety, Anxiety Level, Anxiety Factors, Speaking for Discussion
Class