ANXIETY ISSUES ON ENGLISH SPEAKING CLASS; THE ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' PROBLEMS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM

Abstract

Anxiety in a common problem faced by foreign language speakers due to the fear of making mistakes or talking about irrelevant topic. The issue, however, appear in any level of proficiency as it is part of mental activity. The anxiety may be beneficial since it makes speaker concern about the content of their speaking, but it can also influence the quality of oral language production and make individuals appear less fluent than they really are. Therefore, it appears to be important to discuss the factor causing anxiety on English department students in STKIP PGRI Banjarmasin. As the aim of the study was to carry out what are the factors that usually affect the anxiety in speaking English, descriptive qualitative was used to find and analyze the factors that usually affect students’ anxiety in speak English. The subject of this study was eighth semester students of English Education Department of STKIP PGRI Banjarmasin with 28 students. The research data was gathered by distributing questionnaire to confirm students’ answer. The result of analysis of students’ anxiety in speaking English showed that speaking is very difficult skill for students who study foreign language even for advanced learner. It was based on three factors influencing students’ anxiety in speaking English; communication apprehension, fear of negative evaluation and test anxiety.