BAB 2 Anxiety in Speaking English
BAB 2 Anxiety in Speaking English
BAB 2 Anxiety in Speaking English
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
some issues related to this research are anxiety, types of anxiety, foreign
A. Speaking
the Use of Role Playing Technique for Grade VIII Students of SMPN 1
language to express meaning, so that other people can make sense of them.1
People use this skill to express everything on their mind, but it is necessary
1
Arini Isnaen Meilyaningsih, thesis, “Improving the Students’ Speaking Ability
Through the Use of Role Playing Technique for Grade VIII Students of SMPN 1
Banguntapan in Academic Year of 2013/2014” (Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta,2015),
p.10.
2
Siti Surinah Harahap, et.al., “An Analysis on Students’ Speaking Skill at Second
Grade SMP 8 Rambah Hilir”, (Riau), 24 February 2015, p.2.
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well.
speaking is a productive skill that is used for expressing the idea, message,
B. Components Of Speaking
analyzing speaking.3
a. Vocabulary
both oral and written form if they do not have sufficient vocabulary.4
well, because we have many words to speak to others. In the other case,
because they tend to take a lot of time to search and think about the
sentences they want to tell. Thus, the listener will feel less interested to
3
Umi Khalidah, et.al., “A Study on the Speaking Ability of Second Year Students
of SMA N 2 Siak Hulu”, Journal, Riau University, p. 2.
4
Ayu Rosyada, thesis, “The Implementation of Drama Technique in Teaching
English Speaking Class at The Second Grade of SMA Negeri 3 Metro,(University of
Lampung 2014), p. 12.
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we want to speak one language or learn it the first thing that we must
foundation for a building. If you want a strong and sturdy house then
you must provide the best foundation as well. These statement is in line
b. Grammar
Debata stated that Grammar is the study of words and the ways
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Sudhirham Bagus Anggriawan, Thesis, “A Descriptive Study on The Eleventh Grade
Students’ Speaking Achievement at SMAN Rambipuji”, (Jember: Universiy of Jember,2015),
p. 21.
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words so the listener can understand the words or the phrases that we want
the way to be fluent in a language.7 Many people agree that one of the best
way to learn language and speak like a native is with mastery the grammar
c. Fluency
The fluency is speaking does not mean that the people should speak
very fast. Speak fluently means that people know how to speak
effectively with the reasonable pace It can be said that the speaker
6
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Debata ,”The Importance of Grammar in English Language
Teaching:A Reassessment”, from language in India, ISSN 1930-2940 Vol. 13:5 May 2013 p. 2
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Sudhirham Bagus Anggriawan,thesis, “A Descriptive Study...”.p. 20
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Ayu Rosyada, “The Implementation…”, p. 14.
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should speak not too fast and also not too slow. If the speaker speaks too
fast, the listeners will not get the point about the topic spoken. Brumfit
need to feel in rushed or hesitant to say a word even though we are not
d. Pronunciation
related to the sound and stress of the words. A speaker need to pay
9
James Hunter, “Small Talk’: developing fluency,accuracy, and complexity in speaking”,
from ELT Journal Advance Access published March 15, 2011, p. 3
10
Abbas Pourhosein Gilakjani,” English Pronunciation Instruction: A Literature Review”,
from Intenational Journal of Research in English Education, November 18, 2016, p. 2.
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speaking.
the sound and stress of the words. By using the correct pronunciation
the listeners will more easily to understand the message from the
speaker.
e. Comprehension
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James, R. B., Teaching Pronunciation Gets a Bad R.A.P: A Framework for
Teaching Pronunciation, (Hankuk: University of Foreign Studies, 2010), p 35
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context of a word and understand the use of the word so that the listener
C. Problems in Speaking
Speak English is not easy, because the speaker should master several
and comprehension. The speaker will not be able to speak well if those
elements are not fulfilled. Besides that, It is quite difficult to use English
tongue.
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Sudhirham Bagus Anggriawan, thesis, “A Descriptive Study...”.p. 23
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is about the students still do not know how to produce a language that related
not know any words or lack of vocabulary, then they cannot speaking well
and fluently. This vocabulary factor often makes them shy and afraid of
making mistakes when they try to speak. They worry if their friends will
laugh at them.
In other hand, Hadijah states the other problems that the students
facing on English speaking are not only having limited knowledge on the
vocabulary, fluency and comprehension but also the students own personal
problems15.
13
Sayuri, “English Speaking Problems of EFL Learners of Mulawarman
University”, in Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics no.1 edition, Vol.1, 2016, p. 49.
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Sayuri, “English Speaking Problems of EFL ….., p. 49
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Sayuri, “English Speaking Problems of EFL …., p. 49
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in speaking and reduce their lack of confidence, they will feel anxious when
speaking English.
D. Anxiety
reaction such as high blood pressure, increased heart rate and the other body
nervousness, tension and threats and it appears to the human body as the
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Chen K.V et al, “Meditative Therapies for Reducing Anxiety: a Systematic
Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials”, 2013, p. 419
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nervous system.17 Passer and Smith state that anxiety is a state of tension
Morris, David, & Hutchings stated that anxiety consists of two components
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which are worry and emotion. Worry or cognitive anxiety refers to
feeling of fear that is felt by someone due to nervous in himself and it also
can be said as a sense of worry about something that will happen in the
future.
E. Types of Anxiety
students in their attempt to speak. Albert and Herber divided the kind of
anxiety into two types, such as: Facilitating Anxiety and Debilitating
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Spielberger CD, 2015, Anxiety and Behaviour, (New York: Academic Press,
2015), p. 189
18
Passer, M. W., Smith R.E, Psychology: The Science of Mind and
Behaviour.(McGraw-Hill Higher Education,2009), P. 145
19
Morris, L. W., Davis, M. A., & Hutchings, C. H. (1981). Cognitive and
emotional components of anxiety: literature review and a revised worry-emotionality
scale, From Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. 73, 541-555.
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Anxiety. Facilitating anxiety is the kind of anxiety that will improve the
performance. Either those types of anxiety might be the motivation for the
learn English.
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Jeannie Ellies Ormrod, Educational Psychology………. P. 279
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Septy Indrianty, “Students’ Anxiety In Speaking English …………. p. 30
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Spielberger CD, 2015, Anxiety……, p. 191
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Spielberger CD, 2015, Anxiety……, p. 191
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the EFL environment. Since the English language is not their first or second
language they feel hard to express their feeling or their idea into English
which make them uncomfortable to speak English. The situation that the
students are not the native speaker and can not express their idea is known
However, EFL learners often express their feeling of anxiety while speaking
in the target language. Some researchers found the same evidence through
observed that the learners in her foreign language class revealed that
speaking in front of the peers in the target language was the most anxiety-
provoking.25
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Horwitz, “Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety”, ………, p.127
25
Price, Mary lou. (1991). “The Subjective Experience of Foreign language
Anxiety: Interview with Highly Anxious Students”, in Elaine K Horwitz and Dolly J. Young
(ed), Language anxiety from theory and Research from Classroom Implicaton, (New Jersey:
Prentice-Hall Inc.) p. 104.
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listening to or learning what is being said by the speaker. The belief that one
will not be able to understand or make oneself understood while using the
aim for the highest scores, and that is when test anxiety which stems from
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Horwitz, “Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety”, ....... P. 127-128
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MacIntyre, & Gardner, “How Does Anxiety Affect Second Language
Learning? A Reply to Sparks and Ganschow”, in The Modern Language Journal, Vol.
79, No. 1,2010, P. 90
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learning process.
can carry out two-way communication with others both in monologues and
understand what is the speaker trying to say. It can be occured due to the
anxious experienced by the speaker especially for those who are not native
happened because the language learners or speaker not only have to learn
Skills Centre of the University of Texas, the students said that they had most
students said that they did not feel too apprehensive during drills or about
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Dinanti Yemima Lufi Sirait, Thesis “Junior High School Students Anxiety in
English Class”, (Salatiga: Christian University of Satya Wacana,2015), p 13.
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speaking if they had time to plan their spoken interventions, but would
freeze if they had to speak spontaneously. 29 He noted that students who are
communication orally
class and speaking anxiety is the most provoking factor that caused the
Terrel in oxford found that oral skits and oral presentation in front of the
class as the most anxiety producing activities. They also noted that being
sometimes anxiety comes from the students themselves. Some students feel
that language is difficult because the feel language is difficult. For example,
the students believe that they should speak English perfectly so they feel
29
Horwitz, “Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety”, ………, p.130
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Renee von Worde, Students‟ Perspectives on Foreign Language Anxiety,
Inquiry, Vol. 8 No. 1, 2003, p. 5.
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Anggiyana Mustachim, thesis “ Student Anxiety in Learning English”, (UIn
Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, 2014), p. 26
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threatness while learning English and it can produce an anxiety. Price states
that many students feel anxious because of their self-perception that their
anxiety.
students feel anxious, they fear if they cannot perform well and this
subject will certainly lead them to feel anxious and uncomfortable while
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Price, Mary lou. “The Subjective Experience of Foreign language Anxiety:
Interview with Highly Anxious Students”, in Elaine K Horwitz and Dolly J. Young (ed),
Language anxiety from theory and Research from Classroom Implicaton, (New Jersey:
Prentice-Hall Inc,1991.) p. 106.
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Adi marwan, “Investigating students foreign language anxiety”, in Malaysia
Journal in ELT Research Vol. 3, 2007. P. 68
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Horwitz, “Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety”, ....... P. 132
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Figure 2.1
The Possible Factors Contributes in Students’ Speaking Anxiety
Lecturer’s
Personality
Difficulty in
From Understanding
Lecturer Lecturer’s
Instruction
The Difficulty of
Material
Lack of Confidence
Factors
Contributing
in FLSA Fear of Making
Mistake
Lack of
preparation
Samarinda. There are five factors might comes from the lecturers and the
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Horwitz, “Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety,……………, P.129-130.
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Marry Lou Price, “The Subjective Experience of Foreign Language Anxiety,…….., p.105
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I. Previous Study
that EFL student teachers are highly anxious when speaking English and
English (A Case Study In One Hotel And Tourism College In Bandung). The
concluded that factors that cause students feel anxious in English are
because they are laughed at by their friends, do not understand the teacher's
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Mukhlash Abrar, thesis “EFL Student Teachers’ Speaking Anxiety: The Case In
One English Teacher Education Program” in IJEE (Indonesian Journal of English
Education), vol. 3, 2016, p 60
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Septy Indrianty, “Students’ Anxiety …., . p. 28
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their foreign language anxiety. The purpose of this study is the types of
anxiety experienced by foreign language learners and the strategies they use
their belief that English is difficult subject. The purpose of this study is find
in presentation, and students feeling about his own English proficiency. The
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Anggiyana Mustachim, thesis, “Student Anxiety in Learning English…, p. 34
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Adi Marwan, “ Investigating Students foreign…” p. 67
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Darmawati, thesis “Students’ Anxiety In Speaking English At Second Grade
Students Of SMA Pesantren Mahyajatul Qurra’ Takalar”, (UIN Alauddin Makassar,2014),
p. 34
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Keiko lizuka, “Learner Coping Strategies”, p. 106.
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