English speaking anxiety among the 10th grade students of SMKN 1 Klaten

Paquita Yovany Setiawan, Bambang Widi Pratolo

Abstract


Anxiety is an uncomfortable feeling, such as worry or fear which hamper a persons in doing something. Everyone has feelings of anxiety at some point in their life. English speaking anxiety usually happens because of lack of self-confidence and afraid of making mistake. The purpose of this study is to determine the causes of anxiety of the 10th graders when asked to speak English. This research will be conducted at SMKN 1 Klaten. Before starting a study of the causes of English speaking anxiety, the researcher starts by looking into anxiety levels and categorizing them into three categories: low, medium, and high. The data collection will be conducted through a questionnaire to be distributed to the 10th graders in marketing major totaling two classes. Nine students will be invited for further interview. In this study, it was found that there were 3 main causes of class X students majoring in marketing to have anxiety when asked to speak English. The cause of students' anxiety when asked to speak in English is because they are afraid of making mistakes when speaking, students feel that their English speaking skills are still low and they lack time to learn English.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12928/iucee2022.v1i1,%20March.8794

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