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A study on strategies to overcome speaking anxiety applied by english study program students of fkip universitas riau
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Riau, Indonesia
Abstract: This study investigates strategies used by university English department
students to overcome their speaking anxiety. It applied an explanatory sequential
mixed method. The selected samples of the present study were 71 out of 109
population. Two main instruments used to collect the data were a questionnaire and
an interview. The findings indicated that 53 students (3.74) often applied strategies
to overcome their speaking anxiety. The result of the quantitative data showed that
the overall mean score on the strategy applied by students to overcome speaking
anxiety on positive thinking was 3.87, relaxation was 3.98, preparation was 4.05,
peer seeking was 3.82, and categorized into high level respectively, while the
resignation mean score was 2.99 and categorized into moderate level. Based on the
interview results of 10 selected students, they applied five types of strategies above,
and some students applied other strategies, such as practicing in front of the mirror
and utilizing a learning tool. Since the strategies students apply have overcome their
speaking anxiety, students are recommended to implement the above strategies.
Keywords: Anxiety; Speaking; Strategies
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