An Analysis of Students' Anxiety Factors of EFL Students' Speech Production

English Foreign Learners (EFL) students are considered to master English when the students can speak English fluently which can be seen from their speech production. Nevertheless, becoming fluently competent is particularly difficult for foreign language learners as it is influenced by a number of factors. Among the several factors which affect foreign language learning especially speaking, anxiety emerges to be the crucial one that has a debilitating effect on the oral performances of students. This study was purposed to analyze speaking anxiety levels and factors of English Foreign Language students' anxiety in speech production. The data were gathered from qualitative research with random sampling conducted in the second semester consisting of 30 students taking the Speaking for Academic Communication class at Hamzanwadi University. A closed-ended questionnaire on Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale and semi-structured interviews were administered to the participants to explore their anxiety level and the factors of their anxiety in speech production. The results show severe anxiety levels which indicated that students are highly anxious when speaking English. Furthermore, the findings revealed that the factors that contributed to the students' speaking anxiety were shyness with the audience, fear of not being able to convey the message well, lack of preparation, low self-confidence, and low proficiency