Efl learners speaking anxiety during classroom activities in an indonesian bilingual senior high school: a case study

Juliana, Melyem (2023) Efl learners speaking anxiety during classroom activities in an indonesian bilingual senior high school: a case study. Undergraduate Thesis thesis, UIN K.H. Abdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan.

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Abstract

This study is intended to determine whether students at bilingual high schools experience speaking anxiety during classroom activities and find strategies for high school students who apply a bilingual learning system to overcome the level of anxiety they experience. This research is qualitative research with a case study design using the interview method with five students as participants with different levels; there are two children from grade 10, one child from grade 11, and two children from grade 12 from senior high school on a boarding basis that implements a bilingual skills system in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. The theory show that students at bilingual senior high school experience speaking anxiety based on findings from Horwitz et al. (1986) regarding the asses of speaking anxiety, there are communication concerns, test anxiety, and fear of negative evaluation. In addition, there are also student strategies for overcoming speaking anxiety applied by students at a high school in Semarang which are the same as some of the findings of Kondo and Ling (2004) regarding student strategies for overcoming anxiety, there are preparation, relaxation, and optimistic thinking.

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