Ummi Khulsum, 2015, Students’ Anxiety and English Speaking Proficiency of
the Eighth Grade Students of MTs An-Najah Cindai Alus Martapura.
Advisor: Dr. Ridha Fadillah, S.Pd, M.Ed.
Keywords: Anxiety, English Proficiency
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between
students’ anxiety and English speaking proficiency. The problems should be
answered in this research are: What is students’ anxiety level on speaking English
and is there the correlation between students’ anxiety and English speaking
proficiency.
The subject of the study is 49 students of the eighth grade of MTs An-
Najah Cindai Alus Martapura. The objects of this study are the students’ anxiety
level on speaking English and the correlation between students’ anxiety and
English speaking proficiency. To collect the data, the writer applied the technique
of questionnaire and spoken test. Then, the data is analyzed in quantitative
method.
The result of this study shows that the level of students’ anxiety is in
moderate level. The mean score for overall anxiety is 66.40, communication
apprehension is 40.24 and fear of negative evaluation is 26.16. And, the
correlation between students’ anxiety and English speaking proficiency is
negative and not significant. It means that the hypothesis null (Ho) is accepted and
hypothesis alternative (Ha) is denied.