Mukni’ah, M.Pd.I as the Dean of the Faculty and Teacher Training State Institute of Islamic Studies of Jember who has facilitated me to study in this faculty. The Head Master and Teacher of SMP Plus Darus Sholah Jember who allowed me to do my research. My beloved students VII A Class of SMP Plus Darus Sholah Jember who helped me to accomplish the research.
The aim of this research was to describe the students' speaking anxiety and the strategies to overcome it.
INTRODUCTION
- Research Question
- Research Objective
- Research Significance
- Definition of Key Term
3 Septy Indriaty, “Students’ Anxiety in Speaking English (A Case Study in One Hotel and Tourism College In Bandung)”, ELTIN Journal, Vol. 9 Septy Indriaty, “Students’ Anxiety in Speaking English (A Case Study in One Hotel and Tourism College In Bandung)”,ELTIN Journal, Vol. 10 Septy Indrianty, Students’ Anxiety in Speaking English (A case Study in One Hotel and Tourism College in Bandung), 29.
What are the factors of the speaking anxiety faced by seventh grade student of SMP Plus Darus Sholah.
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Previous Study
Theoretical Framework
- Speaking
- Anxiety
20 Nanda Aldila Sari, “Students’ Difficulties in Speaking Skill at The Eleventh Grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Karanganyar in The Academic Year of Thesis, State Islamic Institute of Surakarta, 2017), 9. 21 Nanda Aldila Sari, “Students’ Difficulties in Speaking Skill at The Eleventh Grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Karanganyar in The Academic Year Of Thesis, State Islamic Institute of Surakarta, 2017), 9. 35 Nur Isnaini, “An Analysis of Students’ Speaking Anxiety Students of English Foreign Language (EFL) at The Fifth Semester English Department of UIN RadenIntan Lampung Academic Year Thesis, RadenIntan State Islamic University, 2018), 12.
According to brown, foreign language anxiety is “a feeling of intimidation and inadequacy over the prospect of learning a foreign language.” The point of the perspective above that foreign language anxiety is a problem, obstacle or a weakness of individual in the process of learning a foreign language. In another perspective, according to Gardner and Maclntyre, as cited in Oxford, “it is fear or apprehension occurring when a learner is expected to perform when a learner is expected to perform in the target language.”36 The researcher summarize from the perspective above that foreign language anxiety is feeling that come from their body till they could not perform perfectly in the target of language. According to Spielberger, trait anxiety refers to relatively “stable individual differences in anxiety-proneness.”38 From two definition above, the researcher summarize that trait anxiety is kind of anxiety that is nature in their body.
38 Tri Listriyaningsih, “Student Anxiety in Speaking English Class at The Eleventh Grade of Man 4 Bantul in The Academic Year of Thesis, State Islamic Institute of Surakarta, 2018), 38. 39 Tri Listriyaningsih, “Student Anxiety in Speaking English Class at The Eleventh Grade of Man 4 Bantul in The Academic Year of Thesis, State Islamic Institute of Surakarta, 2018), 38. The anxiousness of this anxiety is persistent aroused by specific situation and it is not lited by time.
The Researcher gives an example of this anxiety is speech on the stage, public speaking, speak with foreign people. 40 Tri Listriyaningsih, “Student Anxiety in Speaking English Class at The Eleventh Grade of Man 4 Bantul in The Academic Year of. 43 Septy Indriyanty, “Students’ Anxiety in Speaking English (A Case Study in Hotel a Tourism Collage in Bandung), ELTIN Journal, Vol.
46 Septy Indriyanty, “Students’ Anxiety in Speaking English (A Case Study in Hotel a Tourism Collage in Bandung), ELTIN Journal, Vol.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Approach and Type of Research
Descriptive research is research directed to provide symptoms, facts, or events systematically and accurately, regarding the characteristics of a particular population or area.54 Qualitative descriptive intends to describe the reality of all phenomenon related with human behavior and social life. Therefore, a qualitative descriptive research that was used in this research intended to investigate and describe student’s speaking anxiety faced by the seventh grade student of SMP Plus Darus Sholah and strategy to overcome it.
Research Location
Research Subject
The source of data in this research was the students of 7th grade who had been chosen as subject and teacher of English. It means that they purposefully choose data that fit the parameters of the project’s research question, goal, and purposes.55 It was used to select the individuals that can purposefully inform and understand the research problem and central phenomena in the study.
Data Collection Method
Data Analysis
11 Septy Indriaty, “Students’ Anxiety in Speaking English (A Case Study in One Hotel and Tourism College in Bandung)”,ELTIN Journal, Vol. 14 Ika Handayani, Eri Rahmawati, “written by Ika Handayani, Eri Rahmawati (2017) entitled Students’ Speaking Anxiety at English Classroom in Agro Technology Department of Agricultural Faculty Untirta”, The journal of English Language Studies, Vol. 18 Nur Isnaini, “An Analysis of students’ Speaking Anxiety Students of English Foreign Language (EFL) at The Fifth Semester English Department of UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG ACADEMIC YEAR OF Thesis, State Islamic University of Raden Intan Lampung, 2018).
19 Vera Abdillah, “Students’ anxiety factors in speaking English (A case study at the 8th grade of SMP N 16 Semarang)”, (Thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo, 2018). Students’ anxiety factors in speaking English (A case study at the 8th grade of SMP N 16 Semarang)”. The researcher conveyed the data from the students’ speaking anxiety factors and the strategies to overcome it.
Data Validity
The researcher gave the result of the analysis based on the problems statement, then drew conclusion after conveying the data and analysis the data.
Data Procedure
The factors of the speaking anxiety faced by seventh grade students of SMP Plus Darus Sholah. In the field of the research, the researcher found some factors of speaking anxiety faced by the students. They were nervous when the teacher asked them to speak in front of the class.
Therefore, feeling negative evaluation was one of the students’ problems to speak in front of the class. If the students studied how to speak English correctly, so they would be confident to speak English in front of the class. Second of them, she was just afraid how to speak English in front of the class.
Based on the interview and observation above, it proved that fear of mistake to speak English faced by seventh grade student of SMP Plus Darus Sholah was one of the problem of the student. If they had few vocabularies, they would be confused to speak English in front of the class. The researcher found that some students got difficulty during presenting the material in front of the class.
1 What are the factors of the speaking anxiety faced by seventh grade student of SMP Plus Darus Sholah. Low English proficiency (Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Grammatical Structure) 2 What are the strategies to overcome .. the speaking anxiety faced by seventh grade student of SMP Plus Darus Sholah?. The students said that the vocabulary is the obstacle of the student to speak English in class.
What are the factors of the speaking anxiety faced by seventh grade students of Smp Plus Darus Jember.
RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSIONS
Reseach Finding and Data Analysis
Discussion on The Result of Data Analysis
The students were unconfident during conveying the topic in front of the class, the students had to be confident during performing in front of the class, so that, they would be comfortable and would not be nervous. It meant that the students were fear negatively with the students who were better than her and also afraid got bad score from the teacher. And the last, one of students said that they fear of mistake because the students were anxious and felt unable with the atmosphere.
Most of the students of seventh grade at SMP Plus Darus Sholah had problems with the vocabulary. With only a little vocabulary they would be confused what would they speak in front of class, the students would speak little too, and the students got difficulties to speak English in front of class. Preparation was correct strategy for the student who got speaking anxiety, in preparation, the student attempts to their own self by improving speaking English skill, the students tried to practice with their friends what would be presented in front of the.
Before the student doing presentation, the students relaxed in front the class, and start to present. If the students relax the body in doing presentation in front of the class, such as: take a deep breath and try to calm down, so the more relaxes the more anxiety loses that were in students. First, the factors speaking anxiety faced by students were the students felt nervous, shy, and not accustomed presenting in front of the class, it is called communication apprehension.
Second, the strategies used by the teacher and the students to overcome the factors of students speaking anxiety. Besides, the teacher did approaching to the student as one strategy to overcome the students’ speaking anxiety.
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
Conclusion
The objectives of this research were to find out the factors of students’ speaking anxiety and the strategies to overcome those problems. They also usually felt negative evaluation because they felt that there were students were better than them, they were also afraid to be laughed by their classmate. They felt fear of making mistakes because not accustomed to speak foreign language, just study little how to speak English correctly.
Suggestion
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Speaking Anxiety Faced by Students by Seventh Grade Students of Smp Plus Darus Sholah Jember and Strategies to Ovrcoeme it. What are the strategies to overcome the speaking anxiety faced by seventh grade students of Smp Plus Darus Sholah Jember.
