The Students’ Perception of Learning English Anxiety

Abstract

This paper wanted to know about Students' perception in the Economic Education Study Program of their learning English Anxiety. Learning English, especially speaking skills is challenging for students who join the English subject in the fourth semester. This study focuses on the level, the factors, and the strategy how to reduce the student's anxiety. It used descriptive qualitative to implement The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) questionnaires and interview the students. The researcher found that the students speaking weaknesses such as lack of preparation, scaring they cannot follow the material because the lecturer explains too fast, afraid of their friend's laughter, misspelling, and mispronouncing english words. (1) There were five students on the level of very anxious, (2) Twenty-first students on level anxious, (3) Sixteen students on the level of mildly anxious, and (4) five students on the level of relaxed. For the students to reduce their anxiety by preparing their mood to learn English, practice speaking more, and try to enjoy and relax to love learning english.