Anxiety in oral performance tests: A case study of Indonesian learners
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https://doi.org/10.25170/ijelt.v7i2.1536Keywords:
anxiety, oral performance tests, strategies, scoresAbstract
This study examined anxiety experienced by students before an oral performance test, the relationship between the anxiety and their test performance, and strategies they applied to reduce the anxiety. The participants were 107 Indonesian students who enrolled the English speaking classes. This study revealed that the students did not experience a high level of anxiety before the oral performance test. There was not a very significant relationship between anxiety and their score in the performance test. Finally, some strategies to cope the anxiety were also discussed.
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Liu, M. 2007. Anxiety in Oral English Classroom: A Case Study in China. Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching, 3(1), 119-137.
MacIntyre & Gardner, L.C. (1989). Anxiety and second language-language learning: Toward a theoretical clarification. Language Learning 39(1), 251-275.
MacIntyre, P. D. (1995). How does anxiety affect second language learning? A reply to Sparks and Ganschow. The Modern Language Journal, 79, 90-99.
Mahmoodzadeh, M. (2012). Investigating Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety within the EFL Learner’s Interlanguage System: The Case of Iranian Learners: Journal of Language Teaching and Research 3(3), 466-476.
Oxford, R.L. (1990). Language Learning Strategies. What Every teacher should know. Massachussetts: Heinle & Heinle Publisher.
Oxford, R. L. (2005). Anxiety and the language learner: New insights. In J. Arnold (Ed.), Affect in language learning. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
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Scovel, T. 1978 ‘The Effect of Affect on Foreign Language Learning: A Review of the Anxiety Research’, Language Learning 28(1), 129-
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Tóth, Zsuzsa. (2008). Foreign Language Anxiety And Advance EFL Learners: An Interview Study. WoPaLP, 2, 55-79.
Von Worde, R. (2003). Students’ perspectives on foreign language anxiety. Inquiry, 8(1), 1-13.
Woodrow, L. (2006). Anxiety and speaking English as a second language. RELC Journal, 37(3), 308-328.
Young, D. J. (1991). Creating a low-anxiety classroom environment: What does language anxiety research suggest? The Modern Language Journal, 75(4), 426- 437.
Zeng, Ying. (2008). Anxiety and Second/Foreign Language Learning Revisited. Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education. 1(1), 1-13.
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