An Analysis of Students’ Speaking Anxiety: Focusing on The Second Grade Junior High School Malang, Indonesia

Abstract

Speaking anxiety can be a problem that some students often experience in speaking and of course this can be very debilitating for some students. This research to find out the extended level of anxiety experience and contributing factors that influence students’ anxiety during their English-speaking practice. This study uses a qualitative approach with a survey design. Participants in this study were students in second grade, and 30 students at a private junior high school in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. Data collection was carried out through questionnaires. The questionnaire was adapted from (Horwitz, 1986) which contains 33 questions using a four-point Likert scale model which is sent online using Google Forms. Based on research results, three factors make students feel anxious about speaking English. Namely (1) communication apprehension, this factor of anxiety has 11 statements. In this statement, 11.2% chose to strongly agree, 46.7% agreed, 37.5% agreed, and 4.5% chose strongly disagree, getting a final score with the final result being 46.7% of students choosing the agreed statement. (2) test anxiety, his factor has 15 statements, 9% chose to strongly agree, 48% agreed, 35% disagreed, and 8% chose to strongly agree. (3) Fear of Negative evaluation, this anxiety has 7 statements, 14.2% chose to strongly agree, 49.5% agreed, 31.4% disagreed, and 4.9% chose strongly disagreed. Based on the results of this analysis, the researcher found that 22 students felt worried, 1 student felt very anxious, and 7 students felt a bit anxious, this result show that still many students who felt anxious when asked by the teacher to speak in front of the English class. The last results of this study showed that "fear of negative evaluation" was the dominant factor that caused students' anxiety in speaking with a higher point of 49.5%.

Keywords: Learning, Anxiety, Speaking anxiety