EFL STUDENTS’ ANXIETY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM AT SMAIT IQRA’ KOTA BENGKULU

BARHAQ, FARHAH MILLENIA (2022) EFL STUDENTS’ ANXIETY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM AT SMAIT IQRA’ KOTA BENGKULU. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu.

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Abstract

Foreign language anxiety is a sensation of anxiety, nervousness, worry, and fear that is experienced by students who are learning a foreign language. This research was conducted to determine the level of foreign language anxiety among EFL students at SMAIT IQRA' Bengkulu City. This study uses a quantitative descriptive as a research design. The sample of this research was 52 SMAIT IQRA students in Bengkulu City. The data was collected by using the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) questionnaire developed from Horwitz (1986) and Worde (2003) as an instrument to collect research data. The findings of this study revealed that the majority of students in SMAIT IQRA‟ Bengkulu City experienced language anxiety at anxious level of (34.62%), followed by mildly anxious level of anxiety (28.85%), very anxious level (26.92%), and relaxed (9.62%) . This study revealed factors that cause students' anxiety in learning English are excessive material, speaking activities in class, beliefs about language learning, lack of self-confidence, lack of preparation when learning, and getting bad ratings from teachers or friends. This study suggests that the English teachers must find teaching strategies or methods that can reduce students' feelings anxiety in learning English. The use of teaching strategies or methods can affect the process of delivering material to students in order to make students understanding the learning materials and feel comfortable without feeling anxious.

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