AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS ANXIETY IN LEARNING ENGLISH

(A CASE STUDY AT MTs NEGERI 1 KOLAKA)

A PROPOSAL

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment Requirement

for Proposal Seminar in
Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sembilanbelas November University
Kolaka

By
HENNI PURWATI
A1A213057

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

SEMBILANBELAS NOVEMBER UNIVERSITY
KOLAKA
2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL SHEET i
LIST OF CONTENTS ii
LIST OF APPENDIX iii

CHAPTER I INRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background of the Study 1
1.2 Problem of the Study 4
1.3 Scope of the Study 4
1.4 Research Question 4
1.5 Objective of the Study 5
1.6 Significance of the Study 6

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 7

2.1 Anxiety 7
2.1.1 The Nature of Anxiety 9
2.1.2 Types of Anxiety 11
2.2 Anxiety and English Language Learning 12
2.2.1 Foreign Language Anxiety 13
2.2.2 Source of Language Anxiety 15
2.2.3 Components of Language Anxiety 12
2.3 Previous Research on Foreign Language Anxiety 15

CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH 25

3.1 Research Design 25
3.2 Setting of the Study 26
3.3 Population and Samples 26
3.3.1 Population 26
3.3.2 Sample 27
3.3.3. Sampling 27
3.4 Technique of Data Collection 28
3.5 Technique of Data Analysis 28

REFERENCE 32
APPENDIX 35

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

 English is a second or foreign language that learned by people in the

world. That is because English was claimed as International language and demand

people to learn English. By that fact, English is not only learned by people for

business purpose, but also for students in all stages of school. As an international

language, English has important place in school subject. Almost or maybe all of

schools, especially in Indonesia, used English as the subject in the final

examination of their school, is like UAN.

As a foreign language, we cant deny that English is not easy to learn by

student in Indonesia. When the student study about it, they must be hard in

learning process because they learn from the beginner. They have to learn how

they can understand the language and communicate to express their feeling.

Emotion are important in the classroom since it has impact on learning. They

influence learners ability to process information and to accurately understand

what they encounter. Brown (1991) states that emotions affect learning in the most

fundamental way because they are the foundation of the learning strategies and

techniques. In other words, emotional state can encourage or discourage learning.

For example, students learn and perform more successfully when they feel secure,

happy, and excited about the subject matter. Emotions have the potential to

energize students thinking and also have the potential to interfere