scholarly journals The English Speaking Anxiety of Nursing Science Students of STIK Bina Husada Palembang

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agus WAHYUDI
Keyword(s):  
Science Students ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Nursing Science ◽  
English Speaking

scholarly journals Low proficiency students: can we help them to speak confidently?

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Muriatul Khusmah Musa ◽  
Rushita Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
English Class ◽  
Equal Chance ◽  
Group Members ◽  
English Speaking

This action research was carried out to find out whether the speaking activities that were done during English lessons could encourage the low proficiency students to speak English confidently. These students admitted that they were afraid of speaking English, particularly in front of their classmates. They had very low self- confidence and felt very anxious when they were asked to speak or present in English. For this research, five speaking tasks were incorporated in the English class with the aim of building up students’ confidence and at the same time encouraging them to speak and participate in the English speaking activities. The five tasks were: self- introduction, fairy tale role-play, open mic, product advertisement campaign and group decision making. These activities were carried out individually as well as in small groups. In short, all the students were given an equal chance to speak English and actively participate as individuals and as group members. Students’ positive responses signify the speaking tasks have helped to reduce their speaking anxiety, build up their confidence in speaking English and improve their speaking skills.

scholarly journals The Effects of Anxiety Toward Acehnese Students' English Speaking Ability

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Habiburrahim Habiburrahim ◽  
Risdaneva Risdaneva ◽  
Ghina Putri ◽  
Syarifah Dahliana ◽  
Safrul Muluk
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The Subject

In this study, we analyzed the effects of speaking anxiety of Acehnese students in English learning classroom by looking at the causes of students’ speaking anxiety and their strategies in coping with it. The researchers used purposive sampling to select the participants of this research. Ten respondents from sophomore students of Department of the English Education at Teacher Training Faculty of Ar-Raniry State Islamic University in Aceh, Indonesia were selected by identifying their answers of Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety questionnaires developed by Horwitz et al. (1986). To have in-depth information on the subject matter, a semi-structured interview was employed. The results of this research showed that speaking anxiety caused some negative effects to Acehnese students’ speaking ability, which could be observed through the difficulties in constructing sentences and expressing the idea when they spoke in the target language. Low self-confidence, lack of competency, and being afraid of making mistakes were some of the factors considered as the major causes of speaking anxiety that could debilitate students’ classroom participation.

scholarly journals Changes in and Effects of TED Talks on Postgraduate Students’ English Speaking Performance and Speaking Anxiety

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 104-118
Author(s):  
Meihua Liu
Keyword(s):  
Situated Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Speaking Performance ◽  
Oral Presentations ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Ted Talks

This research study explored the changes in and effects of TED talks on Chinese postgraduate students’ English speaking performance and speaking anxiety over a period of 10 weeks. In this research, TED talks were used as a learning mode to provide a quasi-realistic sociocultural context for speaking English. 166 students from the experimental group using TED talks and 156 in the conventional mode participated in the quasi-experiment. They made eight-minute oral presentations and answered the 12-item English Speaking Anxiety Scale prior to and after the experiment. Analyses of the data revealed three major findings: 1) both the experimental and control groups did significantly better in English speaking performance and became significantly less anxious about speaking English over the 10-week period, 2) the experimental group did significantly better in move structure and were significantly less anxious about speaking English than the control group at the end of the 10-week period, and 3) the learning modes had a significant effect on students’ move structures of oral presentations but had no effect on their oral presentation performance and English speaking anxiety. These findings support the benefit of supplementing EFL (English as a foreign language) teaching and learning with TED talks and other similar virtual situated learning. Thus, the present study not only contributes to the current literature, which is short of studies on the effects of technology on SL/FL teaching and learning and the dynamic characteristic of the emotions associated with SL/FL learning, but also suggests that virtual situated learning like TED talks should be incorporated into SL/FL teaching and learning.

PERSONALITY TYPE TENDENCY TOWARD STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ANXIETY

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Balqis Husain ◽  
Megawati Basri ◽  
Jasmal Martora ◽  
Amrin Sibua ◽  
Irwan Gogasa
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
Personality Test ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Speaking Test ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety ◽  
English Speaking

Pupils at the eleventh grade of SMA N 1 Morotai have different personality types, most of whom often feel anxious when speaking. This research is aimed at finding out whether or not introvert and extrovert personality types have correlation with pupils’ level of anxiety in speaking English. This research is quantitative in nature, using causal- correlative method. The population of the research was all pupils in the seventh grade of SMA N 1 Pulau Morotai. The total number of population was 140 pupils but 105 pupils were selected to participate as the sample of this research. In choosing the sample, the researchers applied Krejchie- Morgan’s table with 5% error rate. In terms of data analysis, the researchers took two instrument tests; namely personality test and level of anxiety during English speaking test. To know the personality types of the pupils, the researchers utilized Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) test. Questionnaire of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS), on the other hand, was used to know the students’ level of anxiety. Result of hypothesis testing analysis shows that there was no significant difference in the level of speaking anxiety between the pupils who have introvert and extrovert personality types. The value of sig 0.264 was found to be higher than α = 0.05.

Exploring English Speaking Anxiety Among Filipino Engineering Students: Its Influence on Task Performance and Its Sources

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-74
Author(s):  
Edward Jay Mansarate Quinto ◽  
Jonathan Veran Macayan
Keyword(s):  
Task Performance ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
English Speaking

scholarly journals Factors influencing Bachelor of Nursing Science students’ attitude towards clinical exposure

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
M I Ofili ◽  
B P Ncama ◽  
O D Moses-Ewhre
Keyword(s):  
Science Students ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
Nursing Science ◽  
Factors Influencing
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