Speaking Anxiety in English Literature Department in Adan and flumanities Faculty

Speaking is a skill that is very important for someone, especially for
students. Not infrequently a person needs an interlocutor to carry out
communication interactions. This study analyzes the anxiety of speaking in the
English literature department in adab and humanities faculty. The aims of this
research are (1). To find out the types of speaking anxiety that exist in students.
(2). To find out what factors cause students to experience anxiety when they speak
English. The objects in this study were third semester students of the Faculty of
Adab and Humanities, Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi State Islamic
University.This study uses a quantitative method in which data collection is
carried out using a questionnaire adopted from A Measure of EFL Public
Speaking Class Anxiety (2012). There are 2 theories used in this study, namely
the theory of Ellis, Rod (1994) and Horwitz, Cope (1986). This study found that
there are 3 types of anxiety in speaking, namely state anxiety, trait anxiety and
specific-situation anxiety. The second finding includes factors that influence
speaking anxiety. The resercher found 6 factors the make student anxiety, namely
1). Over self prediction toward fear, 2). Irrational faith, 3). Over sensitivity toward
threat, 4). The sensitivity of anxiety, 5). Wrong attribution body signal and 6).
Low self-efficacy.

Kata kunci : Student, Speaking, Anxiety