Analysis students’ speaking anxiety of the XI SMA Negeri 6 Padangsidimpuan

Siregar, Kurniati (2019) Analysis students’ speaking anxiety of the XI SMA Negeri 6 Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research discussed about students’ problems in speaking anxiety and how the students’ strategies to overcome speaking anxiety in the classroom at grade XI SMA Negeri 6 Padangsidimpuan. Almost all of the students are unwilling to use English in communication. It came from students themselves. They were feeling ashamed and were afraid to express their ideas. They worried everyone would mock them. Another reason concerned with the students’ environment, parent and teaching learning technique in their school. This research is qualitative descriptive. The subject in this SMA Negeri 6 Padangsidimpuan at grade XI year 2018-2019. The totally number is 40 students. The data collected by observation and record. The results showed that the factor causing of the students’ speaking anxiety to speak in the language classroom are: lack of familiarity of task, fear of making mistakes, low motivation, incomprehensible inputs, lack of confidence and then low English proficiency. The student’s strategies to overcome speaking anxiety were peer seeking, preparation, relaxation, positive thinking and resignation. Based on the researcher result, students speaking anxiety at grade XI SMA Negeri 6 Padangsidimpuan was categorized into high anxiety. Then, from observation, record researcher found that the students cant’t speak English well, it was because students were shy and afraid. Next, some of them are good in English speaking, but researcher result can be positive input for other researcher to conduct the researcher, particularly on speaking issue.

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