iii ABSTRACT The present study is conesmed with sources of spcaking anxicly on the lnsis of tearners” responses prosouted in the survey questionnaire and in the informal inlervisw. The quantitative questionaire first examined the existence of speaking anxiety and thetors causing students’ anxiety when speaking English. The qualitative interview further looked at sources of students speaking, anxicty. A total of 135 tenth form students at Nzuyen Quan Nho hình school, Thanh Hoa province participated in the survey.
The results showed that the tendeney of students’ norvoustiess was obvious. Based on sludents’ explanations, factors viewed as causing anxicty was divided into four categories: the content of the lessons, commmnication apprehension, test anxiety and fear of negative feedback. !'rom the students’ suggestions in the interview, the roscarcher proposed some stratggics for students and tcachersto ameliorate negative offects of speaking, anxicty. It is also hoped that this rescarch will be of some help to Victnamese learners and teachers in general in having a better understanding of the nature of KLA and spouking anxiety in particular ta improvs the teaching and loarnirys of Engliste iv LIST OF ABBRIVIATIONS ELT: English Language Leaching FL: Foreign language FLA: Foreign Language Anxiety LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS Chart 1: Student's anxisly in speaking lessons Table 1: Student’s attitudes toward speaking skills Table 2: Speaking anxiety associated with content of the lessons Table 3: Speaking anxicty associated with communication apprehension.
Table 4: Communication apprehension associated with students’ previous learning experience Table 5: Communication apprehension associated with learners’ speaking onvironment Table 6: Commumueation apprehension associated with leamers’ personality Yable 7; Vactors associated with learners” self perception of their inability to speak nglish Table 8: Tearners’ communication apprehcusion associaled with lcachers” factor Table 9: Speaking anxicty associated with test Yable 10: Leamets’ speaking anxiety associated with teacher's negative feedback Table 11: Tcarners’ speaking anxicly associated with poots’ rugative feedback Part B — Dewelopment contains three chapters. Chapter ong reviews the literature in terms of speaking, foreign language anxiety in general and speuking anxicly in particular. Chapter two presents the study. Chapter three mentions some suggested solutions to reduce speaking anxiety.
Part C Conclusion presents a summary of the study and concluding comments derived from the findings of the study. It also discusses the limitation of the study and suggestion for further research. PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER I: LITERATURE REVIEW 5, Significance of the study This study could be of some help to teachers and students at Nguyen Quan Nho upper secondary school i) to improve the teachers’ theoretical understanding of foreign language anxiety, especially the causes of speaking anxiety. Gi} lo enlomee the studsnis’ awareness of causes of speaking anvsely they have in foreign language, and from this they can control and overcome their nervousness in speaking skills.
Hopefully, the possible solutions suggested in this research can help Toarnar reduce the speaking anxicly and motivate there to learn and maks progress in speaking. Method of the study In order to realize the above aims of the study, quantitative method was mainly used. The data collected for the study came frorn the 10" grade students. Survey questionnaire was used to gather information and evidence for the study.
In addition, to make the data collected more reliable and authentic, qualitative method was applied with two instruments: a follow up interview and an informal observation, All the comments, remarks, recommendations and conchision provided in the study were based on the data analysis of the shucly. 7, Design of the study ‘This study is divided into three parts Parl A — Introduction prosenis the rationale, the aims, thơ rescarch questions, scops, significance, methods as well as the design of the study, 5, Significance of the study This study could be of some help to teachers and students at Nguyen Quan Nho upper secondary school i) to improve the teachers’ theoretical understanding of foreign language anxiety, especially the causes of speaking anxiety. Gi} lo enlomee the studsnis’ awareness of causes of speaking anvsely they have in foreign language, and from this they can control and overcome their nervousness in speaking skills. Hopefully, the possible solutions suggested in this research can help Toarnar reduce the speaking anxicly and motivate there to learn and maks progress in speaking.
Method of the study In order to realize the above aims of the study, quantitative method was mainly used. The data collected for the study came frorn the 10" grade students. Survey questionnaire was used to gather information and evidence for the study. In addition, to make the data collected more reliable and authentic, qualitative method was applied with two instruments: a follow up interview and an informal observation, All the comments, remarks, recommendations and conchision provided in the study were based on the data analysis of the shucly.
7, Design of the study ‘This study is divided into three parts Parl A — Introduction prosenis the rationale, the aims, thơ rescarch questions, scops, significance, methods as well as the design of the study, vill CHAPTER IL SUGGESTIONS FOR CLASSROOM PRACTICE 3. Solutions related to the contents of the lessons 3. Solutions rclatzd to learners’ communication apprehension 3. Solutions relatad to tes anxicly 3.
Solutions related to learners’ fear of negative feedback. Summary of the findings: 2, Limitations oŸ the siudy. Suggestions for further study 40 REFERENCEE. dd APPENDIX 1 APPENDIZ2:.
IV vill CHAPTER IL SUGGESTIONS FOR CLASSROOM PRACTICE 3. Solutions related to the contents of the lessons 3. Solutions rclatzd to learners’ communication apprehension 3. Solutions relatad to tes anxicly 3.
Solutions related to learners’ fear of negative feedback. Summary of the findings: 2, Limitations oŸ the siudy. Suggestions for further study 40 REFERENCEE. dd APPENDIX 1 APPENDIZ2:.
Related studies of languaae anxiety in speaking skills. Sources of foreign language anxiety and speaking anxiety 13 CHAPTER 2: THE STUDY 2.1 Overview of current teaching and leaming speaking at Nguyen Quan Nho high sehool,.2 Data gathering instruments - 17 2.4, Techniques of data analysis. Data analysis and findings - 18 3. Sturdent’s altitudes toward spcaking skills 18 3.
Smuđcnf's general speaking anxiety. Sources of speaking anxiety experienced by students at Nguyen Quan Nho high school 20 2. Speaking anxiety associated with the contents of the lessons. Speaking anxiety associated with communication apprehension 21 a.
Communication apprehension associated with lzamer’s factors 2 Đrevious learning exparienee. 2 TLeamets’ learning environment 23 Teamers’ personality 1⁄4 Leamets’ self-perception of their ownspeaking ability. Conmmuieation apprehension associated with teachers” factors 27 3. Spoaking anxicly associated with test 28 2.4, Speaking amiiety associated with fear of negative feedback.
Speaking anxiety associated with teacher’s negative feedback 29 >. Leamers” speaking anxicty associated with peer’s negative fecdback. Related studies of languaae anxiety in speaking skills. Sources of foreign language anxiety and speaking anxiety 13 CHAPTER 2: THE STUDY 2.1 Overview of current teaching and leaming speaking at Nguyen Quan Nho high sehool,.2 Data gathering instruments - 17 2.4, Techniques of data analysis.
Data analysis and findings - 18 3. Sturdent’s altitudes toward spcaking skills 18 3. Smuđcnf's general speaking anxiety. Sources of speaking anxiety experienced by students at Nguyen Quan Nho high school 20 2.
Speaking anxiety associated with the contents of the lessons. Speaking anxiety associated with communication apprehension 21 a. Communication apprehension associated with lzamer’s factors 2 Đrevious learning exparienee. 2 TLeamets’ learning environment 23 Teamers’ personality 1⁄4 Leamets’ self-perception of their ownspeaking ability.
Conmmuieation apprehension associated with teachers” factors 27 3. Spoaking anxicly associated with test 28 2.4, Speaking amiiety associated with fear of negative feedback. Speaking anxiety associated with teacher’s negative feedback 29 >. Leamers” speaking anxicty associated with peer’s negative fecdback.
Related studies of languaae anxiety in speaking skills. Sources of foreign language anxiety and speaking anxiety 13 CHAPTER 2: THE STUDY 2.1 Overview of current teaching and leaming speaking at Nguyen Quan Nho high sehool,.2 Data gathering instruments - 17 2.4, Techniques of data analysis. Data analysis and findings - 18 3. Sturdent’s altitudes toward spcaking skills 18 3.
Smuđcnf's general speaking anxiety. Sources of speaking anxiety experienced by students at Nguyen Quan Nho high school 20 2. Speaking anxiety associated with the contents of the lessons. Speaking anxiety associated with communication apprehension 21 a.
Communication apprehension associated with lzamer’s factors 2 Đrevious learning exparienee. 2 TLeamets’ learning environment 23 Teamers’ personality 1⁄4 Leamets’ self-perception of their ownspeaking ability. Conmmuieation apprehension associated with teachers” factors 27 3. Spoaking anxicly associated with test 28 2.4, Speaking amiiety associated with fear of negative feedback.
Speaking anxiety associated with teacher’s negative feedback 29 >. Leamers” speaking anxicty associated with peer’s negative fecdback. 30 nN classroom the students have to use foreign language - an instrument they are not familiar with - (0 sustain communivalion, As a teacher of English, I have natiged thal my students oiten experience foreign language anxiety in speaking skills. Some students experience pressure when being asked to speak in ftont of the whole class because they fear criticism.
Some may feel nervous since they lack of vocahulary lo express their ideas; consequently, they may tremble and stutter, etc, Such situation has inspired me to carry out a study on learners’ anxiety in speaking skills to identify the causes and give solutions to alleviate students’ anxiety in learning speaking, 2, Aims of the study The major purpose of the research is to find out factors or causes that make students stressfidl and nervous in speaking English and suggest some solutions to alleviate Lnglish speaking anxiety in the students. Research questions To fulfill the above aims, the study is carried out with an attempt to answer the following questions: 1, What are the possible causes that make students at Xguyen Quan Nho upper secondary school anxious and nervous in learning speaking? 2. What ars the possible solutions to reduce speaking anxiety of the students? 4, Scope of the study FLA exits in the process of Icarning all the four skills. However, only students’ speaking anxiety is focused on in this research with its causes in terms of contents of the lessons, communication apprehension, lest anxiely and fear of negative feedback and sahutions based on cach source of anxicly.
Duc to the focal condition constraints, this study only involves one hundred and thirty-five 10” form students at Nguyen Quan Nho High School. Related studies of languaae anxiety in speaking skills. Sources of foreign language anxiety and speaking anxiety 13 CHAPTER 2: THE STUDY 2.1 Overview of current teaching and leaming speaking at Nguyen Quan Nho high sehool,.2 Data gathering instruments - 17 2.4, Techniques of data analysis. Data analysis and findings - 18 3.
Sturdent’s altitudes toward spcaking skills 18 3. Smuđcnf's general speaking anxiety. Sources of speaking anxiety experienced by students at Nguyen Quan Nho high school 20 2. Speaking anxiety associated with the contents of the lessons.
Speaking anxiety associated with communication apprehension 21 a. Communication apprehension associated with lzamer’s factors 2 Đrevious learning exparienee. 2 TLeamets’ learning environment 23 Teamers’ personality 1⁄4 Leamets’ self-perception of their ownspeaking ability. Conmmuieation apprehension associated with teachers” factors 27 3.
Spoaking anxicly associated with test 28 2.4, Speaking amiiety associated with fear of negative feedback. Speaking anxiety associated with teacher’s negative feedback 29 >. Leamers” speaking anxicty associated with peer’s negative fecdback. 30 vill CHAPTER IL SUGGESTIONS FOR CLASSROOM PRACTICE 3.
Solutions related to the contents of the lessons 3. Solutions rclatzd to learners’ communication apprehension 3. Solutions relatad to tes anxicly 3. Solutions related to learners’ fear of negative feedback.
Summary of the findings: 2, Limitations oŸ the siudy. Suggestions for further study 40 REFERENCEE. dd APPENDIX 1 APPENDIZ2:. IV Part B — Dewelopment contains three chapters.
Chapter ong reviews the literature in terms of speaking, foreign language anxiety in general and speuking anxicly in particular. Chapter two presents the study. Chapter three mentions some suggested solutions to reduce speaking anxiety. Part C Conclusion presents a summary of the study and concluding comments derived from the findings of the study.
It also discusses the limitation of the study and suggestion for further research.