Perceptions and experiences on language anxiety on EEGAFI senior high school students’ English speaking classes: SY 2022-2023
Keywords:
language anxiety, perceptions and experiences, EEGAFI SHS students, English speaking classes, factorsAbstract
English language is one of the most challenging languages to learn, and students often struggle with it, especially in English-speaking Classes. Additionally, English is widely used throughout the world, which has put second language learners on a difficult path to acquiring excellent communication skills (Lababidi, 2015). In fact, not all students can easily achieve their goals of learning English and follow the language learning process well. In this study, researchers aim to investigate and determine the perceptions and experiences on Language Anxiety of EEGAFI Senior High School Students in English speaking classes. The design selected for this study was quantitative research in natures using interviews. Furthermore, the data has been collected from (n=115) respondents of EEGAFI Senior High School Students. Researchers used simple random sampling method in collecting participants. In this study, it was found out that these five factors (i.e., lack of confidence, poor quality teaching, fear of making mistakes, fear of evaluation, and communication apprehension) are causes of Language Anxiety. In addition, the researchers found that students would feel less anxious when they have lack of confidence and positive thinking, since students selected these as their preferred easing techniques in reducing Language anxiety (see bar graph 1.0). However, students also send some tips on how to reduce language anxiety (see table 1.0).
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