A Study of Factors Affecting and Causing English Speaking Anxiety Among MCU Bachelor Students
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Factors Affecting of Anxieties, Cause of Anxiety, Sources of Anxiety, Anxieties Levels, Speaking skillAbstract
The objectives of this research were to 1. study the factors affecting and causing English speaking anxiety among MCU Bachelor students of Faculty of Humanities at Mahachula longkoarnrajavidyalaya University, and 2. study the levels of English-speaking anxiety among MCU Bachelor students of Faculty of Humanities at Mahachula longkoarnrajavidyalaya University. The population for this study consisted of 45 MCU bachelor students majoring in English program at the faculty of humanity, as determined by a particular sampling technique. The questionnaire on factors affecting anxiety in English speaking was adapted from Horwitz et al’s Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) (1986) and for sources of speaking anxiety were collated through semi-structured interview forms (SIF). In the study, percentage, mean, and standard deviation were utilized.
The results of this research revealed that 1) The factors affecting and causing anxieties in English Speaking among MCU bachelor students of Faculty of Humanities at Mahachula longkoarnrajavidyalaya University have five factors; which are grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, self-confident, and background of English. 2) The anxieties levels in English speaking of the English among MCU bachelor Students was at a high level with a mean of 3.6. The factors are “I tremble when I know that I’m going to be called on in the class”, with the mean of 3.6. which is the highest level when comparing to other items. With the mean of 3.5 “I start to panic when I have to speak without preparation in my English class” was moderate level of anxiety among MCU bachelor students. And with the mean of 3.3 “It frightens me when I don’t understand what the teacher is saying in English” also showed that it was at moderate level of anxiety.
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