Factors Contributing to Students’ Speaking Anxiety: A Case Study at Students’ Junior High School
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https://doi.org/10.51278/anglophile.v2i1.305Keywords:
Speaking Anxiety, Factor Contributing Speaking, English Language LearningAbstract
This article aimed of investigating the causes of students’ speaking anxiety at a Private Junior High School at Salatiga, Central Java. The method used case study. This study used a set of questionnaires distributed to sixty-six participants from grade 7 to grade 9. The participants were asked to choose the causes of their speaking anxiety offered in the questionnaire items according to their personal opinions. The questionnaire items were developed based on the literature used in this study. After that, the quantitative data were presented and then the data were described and interpreted. The results of this study revealed that the major factor contributing to the participants’ speaking anxiety was the concern about accuracy and grammar. Interestingly, the quantitative data of this study showed that a significant number of participants were less anxious especially when dealing with classroom settings and activities, and teachers. The result of the study was expected to contribute to student teachers and language teachers in general. This study helped them to be aware that speaking anxiety may exist among EFL students, hence they could develop their teaching methods and approaches in teaching speaking to minimize their students’ anxiety and to give more exposure to English for their students.
Keywords: Speaking Anxiety, Factor Contributing Speaking, English Language Learning
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Azarfam, Y., & Baki, R. (2012). Exploring language anxiety regarding speaking skill in Iranian EFL learners in an academic site in Malaysia. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 1(2), 153–162. doi:10.7575/ijalel.v.1n.2p.153
Blachnowicz, C., & Fisher, P. (2000). Teaching vocabulary in all classrooms. Columbus, Ohio: Merrill Prentice Hall.
Basic, L. (2011). Speaking anxiety: An obstacle to a second language learning? Högskolan I Gävle.
Biemiller, A. (2003). Vocabulary: needed if more children are to read well. Reading Psychology, 24, 323-335. https://doi.org/10.1080/02702710390227297
Cook, V. (1999). Going beyond the native speaker in language teaching. TESOL Quarterly, 33 (2), 185-209. https://doi.org/10.2307/3587717
Dornyei, Z. (2005). Motivational strategies in the language classroom. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Dornyei, Z. (2007). Research methods in applied linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Gregersen, T. S. (2003). To err is human: A reminder to teachers of language-anxious students. Foreign language annals , 36 (1), 25-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1944-9720.2003.tb01929.x
Haskin, J., Smith, M. d., & Racine, M. (2003, January). Decreasing anxiety and frustration in the Spanish language classroom. Illinois, Chicago:
Horwitz, E. K., Horwitz, M. B., & Cope, J. (1986). Foreign language classroom anxiety. The Modern Language Journal, 70 (2), 125-132. https://doi.org/10.2307/327317
Intansari, R. (2013). Teacher strategy in implementing English curriculum in a junior high school in Indonesia. Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2 (2), 235-244. https://doi.org/10.17509/ijal.v2i2.167
Jindapitak, N., & Teo,A. (2013). The Emergence of world Englishes: Implication for English language teaching. Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2 (2). 190-199.
Jones, J. F. (2004). A cultural context for language anxiety. English Australia Journal, 21 (2), 30-39.
Kayaoglu, M., & Saglamel, H. (2013). Students' perception of language anxiety in speaking classes. Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 2 (2), 142-160. DOI:10.7596/taksad.v2i2.245
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Pappamihiel, N. E. (2002). English as a second language students and English language anxiety: Issues in the mainstream classroom. Research in the Teaching of English, 36, 327-355.
Putra, K.A. (2014). The implication of curriculum renewal on ELT in Indonesia. Pararole, 4 (1), 63-75. ttps://doi.org/10.14710/parole.v4i1 April.63-75
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Robson, C. (2013). Real world research (3ed). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Sato, K. (2003). Improving our students' speaking skills: Using selective error correction and group work to reduce anxiety and encourage real communication. Georgetown University. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED475518).
Subasi, G. (2010). What are the main sources of Turkish EFL students’ anxiety in oral practice?. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry,1(2), 29-49.
Tanveer, M. (2007). Investigation of the factors that cause language anxiety for ESL/EFL learners in learning speaking skills and the influence it casts on communication in the target language. England: University of Glasgow.
Tsiplakides, I., & Keramida, A. (2009). Helping students overcome foreign language speaking anxiety in the English classroom: Theoretical issues and practical recommendations. International Education Studies, 2 (4), 39-44.
Tseng, T. F. (2012). The factors cause language anxiety for ESL/EFL learners in learning speaking. WHAMPOA-An Interdisciplinary journal, 63, 75-90.
Williams, K. E., & Andrade, M. R. (2008). Foreign language learning anxiety in Japanese EFL university classes: Causes, coping, and locus of control. Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, 5 (2), 181-191. from http://e-flt.nus.edu.sg/v5n22008/williams.pdf
Woodrow, L. (2006). Anxiety and speaking English as a second language. Sage Journals, 37 (3), 308-328. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033688206071315
Worde, R. v. (1998). An investigation of students‘ perceptions of foreign language anxiety. Dissertation Abstract Internationals. Retrieved 8 October, 2014, from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED479986.pdf
Worde, R. v. (2003). Students’ perspectives on foreign language anxiety. Inquiry, 8 (1), 1-15.
Yahya, M. (2013). Measuring speaking anxiety among speech communication course students at the Arab American University of Jenin (AAUJ). European Social Sciences Research Journal, 1 (3), 229-248.
Yang, S., Salzman, M., & Yang, C. (2015). Exploring the adjustment problems among international graduate students in Hawaii. Horizon Research Publishing.
Zhiping, D., & Paramasivan, S. (2013). Anxiety of speaking English in class among international students in a Malaysian university. International Journal of Education and Research, 1 (11), 1-16.
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2022-02-12
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Santoso, W., & Perrodin, D. D. (2022). Factors Contributing to Students’ Speaking Anxiety: A Case Study at Students’ Junior High School. Anglophile Journal, 2(1), 55–67. https://doi.org/10.51278/anglophile.v2i1.305
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