Rumini Yuliana. 2017. A STUDY OF STUDENTS’ ANXIETY IN SPEAKING PERFORMANCE AT THE SECOND SEMESTER OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF IAIN SURAKARTA. Thesis, English Education, Islamic Education and Teacher Training Faculty, IAIN Surakarta.
Advisor : Dr. Imroatus Solikhah, M.Pd
Keywords : Psychology, Anxiety, Speaking Performance.
The objectives of this research are (1) to know the types of anxiety faced by students in speaking class, (2) to find out the factors of anxiety and strategies to reduce anxiety of the students in speaking class, (3) to know the levels of students‘ anxiety in speaking class.
This research was a descriptive qualitative research. The subjects of this research are 34 students of the second semester students of English Education Department of IAIN Surakarta. The data collected from the observation, questionnaire, and interview. The data which have been collected are analyzed by using the theory of types of anxiety, the theory of source anxiety and coping strategies anxiety, and also the levels of anxiety suggested by Horwitz‘s theory.
The result of the research are (1) the students of the second semester had some types of anxiety, they are 7 students who had state anxiety, 5 students who had trait anxiety, and 22 students who had situation specific anxiety. The most types of anxiety in the second semester students are the situation specific anxiety. (2)The researcher also found some factors of anxiety, they are lack ofpreparation, learners‘ belief about language learning, personal and interpersonal factors, and fear of making mistakes. The most factors of speaking anxiety in the second semester students are the lack of preparation. Besides that, the researcher also found some strategies to reduce the students‘ anxiety, they are preparation, relaxation, positive thinking, peer seeking, and resignation. The most strategies used by students in the second semester students are preparation. (3)Then, the researcher also found the levels of students anxiety, they are: 5 students (14,7%) who had very high anxiety, 14 students (41,2%) who had high anxiety, 11 students (32,3%) who had low anxiety, and 4 students (11,8%) who had very low anxiety. It means that most of students had level of anxiety in high level among another level that found in this research. Finally, the researcher has the suggestion for the lecturer and the students of English Education Department to have a good method to improve students‘ speaking ability especially in speaking performance to decrease anxiety.The teacher should plan the material it well, for example when speaking in front of class the teacher give themes spontaneously to the students. So, the students try to study hard and make a good idea about the themes. It is also can make the students more active in speaking because they had more idea to speak. It is also for other researcher who interested in conducting similar study as a reference to support their study
