The Anxiety of English Learning: Students’ Perception in a Foreign Language Acquisition
Keywords:
Anxiety, English, Learning, Language, Acquisition.Abstract
This study aimed to describe about students ‘anxiety in learning English as a foreign language in Indonesia. This study applied the descriptive quantitative method. and the respondents of this study were 51 students of second semester at Institut Teknologi Kelapa Sawit Indonesia (ITSI) Medan majoring Information System intake 2024/2025. The instrument of collecting data was a questionnaire and it was taken from Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). Then, the technique of data analysis was conducted by using Likert scale formula. The results showed that most students were mildly anxious in learning English as a foreign language caused by low English proficiency, lack of familiarity task, lack of confidence, fear of making misapprehensions, ungraspable inputs, lack of vocabulary, fear of making mistakes and being laughed at, lack of preparation and shyness.
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