Santi Sabrina Khusna, 2201418127 (2023) FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENTS’ ANXIETY AND THE STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEM: AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ANXIETY DURING ONLINE CLASSROOM. Under Graduates thesis, UNIVERSITAS NEGERI SEMARANG.

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Abstract

Speaking anxiety is one of the obstacles for students in an online class. This anxiety will be a problem that is quite difficult not only for students, but teachers also feel the impact during the learning process. Therefore, this study aims to identify factors that affect anxiety and strategies to overcome students' speaking anxiety in an online classroom. The participants of this study were 32 students from class 8E and an English teacher at SMP N 1 Grabag and an English teacher. A descriptive qualitative approach with a case study method was used by giving questionnaires and interviews to participants. After analyzing the data, the researcher has found 7 factors that cause students' speaking anxiety in an online class. Those strategies are: 1) communication apprehension, 2) test anxiety 3) fear of negative evaluation, 4) lack of pronunciation mastery, 5) lack of vocabulary mastery, 6) uncomfortable class atmosphere, and 7) lack of concentration. Furthermore, the researcher has also found 10 strategies to overcome students' speaking anxiety in an online class. Those strategies are: 1) preparation, 2) relaxation and 3) positive thinking, 4) peer seeking, 5) resignation, 6) asking the teacher, 7) trying to be confident, 8) using Google Translate, 9) trying to concentrate, and 10) practicing speaking English. The conclusion from this study is many factors can cause anxiety in students, but there are also many strategies that can be done to overcome students' speaking anxiety. Teachers play a major role in helping students' anxiety, but only students themselves can decide to remain anxious or try to overcome it

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