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Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Experienced by Non-English Department Students

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Emotions are an essential part of learning in general, especially in learning a foreign language. Emotional intelligence possessed by a student is a determinant of student success. These emotions can affect students‟ learning abilities, affect the working of the students‟ brain, and can also affect the process of student learning in speaking English. Therefore, this study aims to find out the anxiety factors that the fourth-semester students of Elementary School Teacher, at Universitas PGRI Kanjuruhan Malang face in speaking English and to describe the students‟ strategies in overcoming their anxieties. The research question of the study includes 1) what factors caused the students anxiety in speaking English by non-English Department Students? 2) What strategies do students use to overcome their anxiety in speaking English?.The study used a descriptive qualitative design. The subject of the study is the fourth-semester students of Elementary School, Universitas PGRI Kanjuruhan Malang. The object of the study was students‟ anxiety factors and strategies in overcoming their anxieties. The researcher in this study became the main instrument. This study was also supported by other instruments namely: questionnaire, and interview. This study found 7 factors that make students anxious in speaking English including 1) Students Low English Proficiency, 2) Fear of Making Mistake, 3) Lack of Familiarity, 4) Lack of Confidence, and 5) Incomprehensible Input, 6) Test anxiety, and 7) Fear Negative Evaluation. The most dominant factor faced by The students is lack of confidence 52%. In addition, there were 3 anxiety factors experienced by students when speaking English in the classroom that include 1) communication apprehension (60%), 2) negative evaluation (53), and 3) test anxiety (33%). The most dominant factor faced by the students is communication apprehension (60%). Furthermore, there were 4 strategies used by students to overcome their anxiety in speaking English, including 1) preparation (73%), 2)
positive thinking (66%), 3) relaxation (53%), and 4) peer seeking (20%). The
result of this study suggests that the lecturer should be more aware of students‟
anxiety in order to arouse students‟ enthusiasm to speak confidently and fluently
in speaking class. Therefore, lecturers are encouraged to be more creative in
applying better learning techniques so that it can motivate students to speak more
and participate actively in class.

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Ketersediaan

SB00239S

KKI 820 SOF f/s

Perpustakaan Unikama

Tersedia

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

KKI 820 SOF f/s

Penerbit

Malang : Sastra Inggris - Unikama., 2024

Deskripsi Fisik

xiv, 57hlm 26cm

Bahasa

English

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Klasifikasi

820

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text

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PDF

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

1

Subjek

Anxiety
Skripsi
Factors
Strategies
Sastra Inggris
Sstudent

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