Abstract :
ABSTRACT
The purposes of this study are to know the factors causing students’
speaking anxiety and to know the students’ strategies to reduce their speaking
anxiety. This study is focus on factor that caused students’ strategies to reduce
their speaking anxiety. This study is qualitative descriptive, The participant of this
study were fourth semester of Hamzanwadi University. The researcher took 9
participant, The were gathered throught conducting observation, in deep
interview, and field notes. The result showed that the factors caused students’
speaking anxiety were fear of making mistake, limited exposure to English, and
gap of competence. Because of those reasons, the students finally found their
strategies to reduce their speaking anxiety such as preparation, relaxation, positive
thinking, and peer seeking.
Keywords: speaking anxiety, factors of speaking anxiety, strategies to reduce
speaking anxiety