SPEAKING ANXIETY IN ENGLISH FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

Abstract

Speaking is one of the most important things to communicate with other people. From learn speaking we can show up our idea, feeling, and opinion about something to someone else by orally. The aims of this study are to investigate factors of anxiety towards speaking English as a second language, and to find the best method to overcome speaking anxiety in EFL Classroom. This research was use qualitative method with two instruments: observation and interview. The participants of this research were seven students from 12th grade of Administrasi Perkantoran of SMK Borcess 2 Bogor. The research findings reveal that communication apprehension is the dominant factor of anxiety in speaking English, and teacher immediacy as the result of overcoming the anxiety itself.