THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS' SPEAKING ANXIETY AND THEIR SPEAKING PERFORMANCE IN THE EFL CLASS

Astri, Gunani (2023) THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS' SPEAKING ANXIETY AND THEIR SPEAKING PERFORMANCE IN THE EFL CLASS. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This research focuses on the correlation between students' speaking anxiety and their speaking performance in the EFL class. The object of this research was to know whether there was a correlation between students speaking anxiety and their speaking performance at seventh grade of SMPN Gadingrejo in the academic year . The research methodology was used correlation research design. The population in this study were all seventh grade of SMPN Gadingrejo, and the sample in this research was class VIIA. The instruments used were questionnaires, Interview, and speaking tests. The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale Questionnaire (FLCAS) has questions adapted from Horwitz and Cope theory . then in the interview instrument there were students who volunteered to be interviewed with questions. The last instrument is a speaking test to determine the level of students' speaking performance adapted from Brown's theory with five assessment aspects including: grammar, vocabulary, fluency, pronunciation, comprehension. The results of this research, the value of the correlation between students anxiety and students' speaking performance was -, based on the degree guidelines of Product Moment the correlation was strong correlation. Then also generated n.sig = where the significant value < it meant Ha accepted and there was a correlation between the two variables. From the results of the calculation of the data, it could be concluded that there was a negative correlation between students speaking anxiety and their speaking performance in the EFL class at seventh grade of SMPN Gadingrejo. Key words: Correlation ,Speaking Anxiety, Speaking Performance

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