The correlation between Students’ Anxiety in Speaking and Students’ Score in Speaking at Second Grade of MTs Raudhatusysyubban Academic year 2014/2015

Siti Kholidah, 2015. The correlation between Students’ Anxiety in Speaking and Students’ Score in Speaking at Second Grade of MTs Raudhatusysyubban Academic year 2014/2015, Thesis, English Department, Tarbiyah and Teachers Training Faculty. Advisor: Dr. Ridha Fadillah, M. Ed.\ud \ud Keywords: anxiety, speaking and speaking anxiety.\ud \ud This research describes how significant the difference is the correlation between students’ anxiety in speaking and students’ score in speaking at second grade of MTs Raudhatusysyubban academic year 2014/2015. The problems statements of this research are: (1) what is students’ anxiety level in speaking? (2) what is students’ score level in speaking? (3) is there any correlation between students’ anxiety in speaking and students’ score in speaking at second grade of MTs Raudhatusysyubban academic year 2014/2015?\ud The population of this research is all of second grade students of Mts Raudhatusysyubban. They are class VIII A consist of 36 students, class VIII B consist of 36 students, class VIII C consist of 35 students and class VIII D consist of 40 students. The sample of this research is 36 students of second grade class A of Mts Raudhatusysyubban.\ud To collect the data, the writer uses some techniques such as observation, test, and questionnaire. The method of this research is quantitative research. The result of this research shows that there is negative correlation and not significant