The Analysis of Anxiety Factors in Delivering Ideas of the 4th Semester Student of English and Literature Department of Alauddin State Islamic University Makassar

There were some physicals symptoms of anxiety showed and admitted by the participants when they presented their presentation, asked question or gave comment during discussion in class. Most of them felt trembling, heart pounding, difficult to say something and did foot movement during they speak. Their voice also vibrated. Some of them could feel their palms became cold even sweaty in the beginning they speak but it became normal by the time passed by. There are also participants admitted that they forgot the material they have learnt once they began to speak. Difficult to make eye contact, blushing, looked confuse, and focused on book as if they looked for the answer are also the physical symptoms that shown by the participants during the observation. The speaking anxiety level of participants is in moderate level to high level. The percentage of students with moderate level of anxiety is at the rate of 55% whereas the high level of anxiety is at the rate of 45%. There were some numbers of factors that created anxiety of the 4 students in doing presentation in front of the class, asking question or giving comment in the discussion. The most common factor befell the students are fear of error correction and negative evaluation, lack of class preparation, little declarative knowledge, testing situation, the thought that their friends are more better, state anxiety and afraid of speaking in front of the class. As much 55% participants who their anxiety was influenced by uneven allocation of turn and lack of group membership and 35% were influenced by their low self-esteem. Students with high anxiety level are mostly influenced by low self-esteem, testing situation, afraid of speaking in front of the class and fear of negative evaluation and error correction, whereas students with moderate anxiety level are mostly influenced by lack of group membership. The strategies that they used to alleviate their anxiety in speaking covers (a) examine the thoughts caused anxiety, (b) sitting in frontage, (c) sitting in the backside of class room, (d) making concept before speaking and knowing what they want to say, (e) concentrate on message rather than audience, (f) learn how to relax, (g) gain experience to build confidence, (h) stop imagine negative response of friends, and (i) avoiding excessive eye contacts and do not do too much movements. There is no dissimilarity strategy used by the students with high anxiety category and the students with moderate anxiety level. The common strategies that they used to alleviate their anxious feeling are gain experience to build confidence and making concept before speaking