Student Strategies in Reducing Speaking Anxiety in

Public Speaking

Amelia Amsya Putri

1830104003

Thesis Adviser : Dr. Rita Erlinda M.Pd

Thesis Examiner : Silfia Rahmi M.Pd

ENGLISH TEACHING DEPARTMENT

TARBIYAH AND TEACHER TRAINING FACULTY
STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF MAHMUD YUNUS BATUSANGKAR
2022
 Introduction
A. Background of the problem

Speaking is more than just using words, it requires a more complex process
of producing speech. Speaking is a useful skill that requires a lot of practice.

Public speaking is process to express and deliver a message or opinion to

audience which combines the skill of speaking and the art of speaking

Meanwhile for some students, public speaking can be a bad experience. For
example, the student are afraid being laughed by their classmates if they
make a mistake when giving a speech in front of the class. The symptoms
experienced by these students’ can be classify into anxiety.
Based on the academic guidelines of the English education study program,
UIN Mahmud Yunus is one of the Islamic universities that has public speaking
courses in the fifth semester.

Based on the past experience in public speaking class, students who

appeared in front of the class experienced anxiety.

The researcher found ten previous research studied on public speaking

anxiety.
Identification of the problem
Before being successful in public speaking, students’
faced many problems when performing in front of the class. For
example, students who have prepared and practiced well but
are shaking and afraid when performing in front of the class it
cannot be said to be successful in public speaking.
Based on the problems that often faced by the students
above, the most important role in the success of public
speaking is anxiety. The researcher wants to do research
specifically on the student strategies in reducing speaking
anxiety in public speaking.
Limitation and formulation of the problem
What are the levels of public speaking class anxiety experienced by students’ of
the English Department at UIN Mahmud Yunus?

What are strategies used by the EFL students to reduce public speaking class
anxiety?

Definition of key term

Strategies is the way to reduce public speaking anxiety.
Speaking anxiety is a feeling of nervous and fear when someone speak
in English in front of the public speaking classroom.
Public speaking is performing a presentation in front of the public
speaking classroom to express and deliver a message or opinion.
Purpose of the research
To describe the levels of public speaking class anxiety experienced by
the students of the English Department at Universitas Islam Negeri
Mahmud Yunus?
To describe their strategies used to reducing public speaking class
anxiety?

Significance of the research

Theoretically

Practically
1. English Student
2. English teaching department
3. The researcher
 Review of Related Theories
A. Public Speaking

a. Definition public speaking

b. Characteristics of successful public speaking

c. Component of public speaking

d. Principle of public speaking

e. The benefit of public speaking

 Review of Related Theories
A. Anxiety

a. Definition of anxiety

b. Type of anxiety

c. Public speaking anxiety

d. Cause of students’ public speaking anxiety

e. Strategies in reducing public speaking class

anxiety
 Review of Relevant Studies
Damayanti (2021
a. Entitled “EFL Students'
Speaking Anxiety In Online
Public Speaking Class.

Sugiyanti and Indriani (2021)

b. Entitled “Exploring The Level And
Primary Causes Of Public Speaking
Anxiety Among English Department
Students”.
 Methodology
Research design
This research will use
survey research

Population
Student in public speaking class. It
consist of three class, namely TBI A,
TBI B and TBI C

Sample
The researcher is taking all of student
as a sample. the sample of this
research is 62 students’ in public
speaking class.
Research Instrument
In this research, researcher use two
questionnaires
Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety
(PRPSA) questionnaire by Mccroskey
(2009)
The questionnaire consists of 34 questions. It
is highly reliable (alpha estimates > .90). The
researcher use the Likert type
Miller and Leonard (2017) and
O’Hair (2009)
The questionnaire consists of 11
questions. The researcher use
the Guttman scale, namely Yes
and No.
Technique of data collection
To get the data of this research, the
researcher use Google form.

Research Procedure
Finding the problem
a. The researcher was interested is
“Students’ strategies in reducing
speaking anxiety in public speaking”

Reviewing the literature

b. The researcher collected ten
relevant journals related to the
research problem formulation.

e.
Design of the study
The research will use survey research
c. and the design of this research will
use cross-sectional design. Personal
Report of Public Speaking Anxiety
(PRPSA) questionnaire as instrument
of the research.
Collecting the data
d. The researcher use Google form
as a tool to collect the data
Analyzing the data
The researcher analyze the data by
using descriptive analysis and use
SPSS version 28.
Interpreting the result
f. Describe and analyze by using
descriptive analysis then the
researcher calculate the data
frequency and percentage.

Reporting the study

g. The researcher comes up with the
conclusion and suggestions.
Technique of data analysis

Tabulating the Accounting the

Selecting the data
data frequency

Classifying the Analyzing and Presenting and describing

data interpreting data the result

Conclusion
 Research Finding
Students’ Level of Anxiety Based on Gender
The highest level of anxiety is moderate with 29
female students’ (47%) and 9 male students’
(14%). Follow by low level of anxiety with 14
female students’ (22%) and 8 male students’
(13%). The lowest score is high with 1 female
students’ (2%) and 1 male students’ (2%).
Students’ Level of Anxiety
From the table, were 22 students’ with low
level of anxiety, 38 students with moderate
level of anxiety and 2 students of high
level of anxiety.
 Result Strategies in Reducing Public Speaking Anxiety

It can be described that the highest strategies in reducing Public Speaking

anxiety used by students’ is breathe and release 91% respondents. While
based on gender, the highest strategy used by male students’ is breathe and
release 28% respondents and for female students’ the highest strategy used
to reduce Public Speaking anxiety is breathe and release 63% respondent.
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