Speaking is an important productive skill to master. Its role is critical for effective communication. According to Bygart (Al-Roud, 2016), speaking ability is the ability to share thoughts and ideas, reasoning, and emotions with other people through the use of oral language ensure that the message is clearly delivered and well received by the audience (Al-Roud, 2016). Which level of speech anxiety is higher between basic and intermediate level? Is there a difference in speech performance between the basic and intermediate levels? And thenWhat factors affect the students’ speech anxiety between basic and intermediate levels? This study uses mixed methods to provide broader insights into anxiety in giving English speeches to basic-level students (junior high school) and intermediate-level students (senior high school) of Qur'an Village Diwek-Jombang. In this study, the researcher combined the types of methods to get clearer results. These researchers employ an explanatory design, which begins with quantitative data collection and analysis and is followed by qualitative data gathering and analysis. The population of this research is 20 male students that were recruited for this investigation the basic level and intermediate level in the third grade of junior high school who take course in Qur’an village. The first finding indicates the results of the questionnaire which shows that the basic level overall students get average mean of 3.35 which means they are at a moderate level of anxiety, and intermediate overall students get average mean of 3.55 which indicates that they are at a high level of anxiety. The data above shows that the overall intermediate level is higher than the basic level because the anxiety level is higher at the intermediate level so that this data has the conclusion that the level of anxiety for English speech is higher at the intermediate level than the basic level. The second finding indicate significant difference in speech anxiety between the basic level and intermediate level through the content of speech English which has been assessed and processed through SPSS using independent sample T test, the significant value of 0.049 <0.05 was obtained, which means that there was significant difference in the content scores of English speech at the basic and intermediate level classes. And the value of English speech content at basic and intermediate shows that the mean value for the basic level class is 78.10 and the mean value for the intermediate level class is 63.30. It can be seen that the value of sig = 0.049 <0.05 means that there is a significant difference in the value of English speech content for basic level and intermediate level classes. Students revealed several factors that anxiety occurred because of low speaking skills, lack of practice, fear of being made up mistakes, and fear of being criticized, which leads to low self-esteem. inability to control emotions, and feelings of inferiority. Students who have excessive anxiety make measures to lessen their uneasiness, lack of confidence when on stage. Researchers also propose numerous ways for reducing student fear, including changing mindsets, planning ahead of time, practicing to increase students' English abilities and self-confidence, and being brave. Keywords: Comparative Study, Speech Anxiety, Qur`an Village