ABSTRACT

Khotimah, Husnul. 2020. Factors of Students’ Anxiety in Speaking in Basic Speaking Class of English Language Education Study Program in Academic Year 2018/2019. Sarjana’s Thesis English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin. The first advisor: Asmi Rusmanayanti, S.Pd, M.Sc, the second advisor: Emma Rosana Febriyanti, M.Pd.

Keywords: Factors, Anxiety, Speaking

         This research was conducted to find out the factors that contribute to students’ anxiety.

             A descriptive-qualitative method was used in this research.The subjects were three classes of Basic Speaking Course of English Language Education Study Program in academic year 2018/2019. The data was collected throughquestionnaire, observation, and interview.

            The result showed several factors that contribute to students’ language anxiety in the three of Basic Speaking Class. They are fear of making mistakes, fear of negative evaluation, kinds of tasks, lack of confidence, lack of speaking practice, and self-perception. The anxiety occured in forms of having quite many pauses, going blank, making unnecessary body movements; playing with objects, and avoiding eye contact.