Students’ Anxiety in Speaking English During Classroom Activities in The Seventh Grade of SMP YPK Pematangsiantar

Abstract

The purpose of this research is (1) to find out and describe students' anxiety in speaking English during Classroom activities, and (2) to find out the factors that caused the students’ anxiety in speaking English during Classroom activities in the seventh grade of SMP YPK Pematangsiantar. This research used a qualitative approach with a qualitative descriptive method. The subject and the sample of this research were the seventh grade of SMP YPK Pematangsiantar. The data collection techniques in this research were video, interviews, and questionnaires. The data analysis techniques that applied in this research were data reduction, data display, conclusion drawing and verification. The result of this research showed that (1)The types of student’s anxiety found in speaking English are communication apprehension, fear of negative evaluation, and test anxiety. The dominant type of students' anxiety is communication apprehension because most students felt nervous, hesitant, and lacked confidence when they had to speak English in front of the class or communicate directly in English during learning activities, and (2) The factors of students’ anxiety in speaking English are psychological factors, linguistic factors, and classroom factors. The dominant factor is psychological factors