Language Anxiety Among English Foreign Language Learners Nur Bintang Zul Hulaifah, S.Pd., M.Pd. - Todo F. B. Sibuea, S.Pd., M.Hum.
Universitas Dian Nusan
Abstract
This research title is ^Language Anxiety Among English Foreign Language Learners^. This research intended to find out EFL University Students^ level of language anxiety, its causes, and how they cope with it. The present study implemented a mixed method in case study research. There were two instruments applied in this research. Those were a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data were collected by questionnaire through FLCAS. The qualitative method was chosen through questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. This research involved 40 male and female EFL university students who enrolled in the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences at one of the private universities in Jakarta. Their age range is between 18-25 years. The questionnaire items showed that there were two levels of anxiety in this research as follows: 1. Low level of anxiety (62%) and 2. Moderate level of anxiety (38%). From the combination of questionnaire items and semi-structured interviews, five causes of language anxiety were clarified: Lack of confidence in speaking English in class, 2. Fear of making mistakes when speaking English, and 3. Inadequate knowledge of vocabulary/grammar. In addition, a total of five coping strategies based on Kondo and Ling (2004) can be identified.
Keywords: Foreign Language Anxiety, Speaking Anxiety, FLCAS, Level of Anxiety, Causes of Anxiety.
