Students' Anxiety Of Learning English Public Speaking: Factors And Coping Strategies

This study aims to describe the factors of anxiety and strategies for anticipating the anxiety experienced by the students of the Department of English Education, A Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta regarding students' anxiety in English public speaking. The researchers employs a descriptive qualitative methods based on the students’ experience. Interviews were conducted in collecting data. The subjects in this study were three students taking the English Public Speaking course semester II taught by four lecturers. The results show that: 1) the factors leading to anxiety for the students namely communication apprehension, fear of negative evaluation, lack of vocabulary, lack of confidence, and fear of making mistakes. 2) students can obtain the strategies to decrease the anxiety of the student was defined in various ways namely: relaxation, peparation, positive thinking and concentrations