Anxiety Level in English Speaking Among Ahmad Dahlan Students

Abstract

One language that is a communication tool in various parts of the world is English; English has become a language that must be mastered by the community, especially students. However, not everyone can easily speak English. The purpose of this research is to know the level of anxiety when they speak in English at Universitas Ahmad Dahlan students. This research uses a qualitative method. One hundred and twenty seven students were selected as the participants of the questionnaire; the tool used for this study was adapted from Horwitz, Horwitz & Cope (1986) Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). The result of this study was showed that the majority of the students (n=103) were found students had a moderate level of anxiety, one student had a very high level of anxiety and thirteen students were found to had a high level of anxiety. The level of anxiety by dimensions, such as the Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE) ranks third. Meanwhile, Communication Apprehension (CA) and Test Anxiety (TA) are significantly dominant performance anxieties.

Relationship between Negative Mindset and English-Speaking Anxiety in English Students

“…Based on the results of the research and the results of the data analysis above, it shows that the hypothesis is accepted so that "there is a positive and significant relationship between low self-esteem and anxiety speaking English. This is also supported by the results of research by Basri (2019) which found factors that cause students' anxiety when speaking English are influenced by lack of confidence and fear of making mistakes.…”