International Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research (IJAMR)
  Year: 2023 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 10 | Page No.: 6-14
A Snapshot on the Speaking Anxiety of the EFL Students at a Rural School Download PDF
Vivi Amanda Rahmawati, Aan Erlyana Fardhani, Made Adi Andayani T

Abstract:
The present study intends to investigate English-Speaking Anxiety levels experienced by junior high school students and identify the major contributing factor that provokes their anxiety. A Descriptive Research Design was applied for the present study, involving 130 junior high school students as participants. The data were collected through the adapted version of the Questionnaire constructed by Ozturk and Gurbuz (2014) named the Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety Scale (FLSAS) Questionnaire. Descriptive Statistics, with the help of SPSS Software, were performed to analyze the collected data. The findings revealed that the majority of junior high school students indicated experiencing English-Speaking Anxiety at a moderate level. Moreover, classroom procedure was chosen as the most provoking factor of students' English-Speaking Anxiety.