EFL STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES RELIEVING ANXIETY IN TEACHING PERFORMANCE IN MICRO TEACHING CLASS

The objectives of this research were to find out the students’ strategies for relieving
their anxiousness while teaching in a micro teaching class of seventh semester students
of English Department of University of Bengkulu registered in 2020/2021 academic
year. The sample of this research was the seventh semester of English Education Study
Program Bengkulu University in the academic year 2020/2021, the total numbers of
the students were 54 students from A, B and C class. The instrument used was
questionnaire contained five strategies of relieving anxiety (Preparation, positive
thinking, relaxation, peer seeking and resignation). The collected data were analyzed
by using descriptive quantitative methods. The results showed that the average score
preparation the total average was 3.19; for positive thinking was 3.37; for relaxation
was 3.22; for peer seeking was 2.88; and for resignation was 2.53. The most preferred
strategy relieving anxiety on teaching performance was positive thinking and it
categorized always. It is recommended that teachers can inform these strategies to the
students so it can be implemented to relieve anxiety in the teaching and learning
process.
Keywords: Strategies, Relieving Anxiety, Teaching Performance, Micro Teaching