Abstract :
ABSTRACT
This study aims at analyzing the students’ speaking anxiety in MA Ridlol
Walidain NW Batu Bangka. This study described the dominant factors and the
types of speaking anxiety. This research was a descriptive qualitative research.
The participants consisted of 15 students and had been chosen using purposive
sampling. A closed-ended questionnaire was employed to collect the data. An
observation and an interview were conducted to strengthen the result. Finding
revealed that the factor of speaking anxiety were lack of vocabulary, grammar,
less of self-confidence and lack of practice. There were 31.4% students who
answered strongly agree indicated that the type of speaking anxiety was state
anxiety the anxious type which often occurs when someone gives response to
some outside stimulus or reactions.
Key words: Anxiety, State Anxiety, Speaking Anxiety