An Investigation Into Uhamka EFL University Students' Speaking Anxiety Based on Their Gender

dr. akhmad haqiqi ma'mun, m.pd.;

Ratna Marwa Adawiyah: 1701055116. “An Investigation Into Uhamka EFL University Students' Speaking Anxiety Based on Their Gender”. A Paper. Jakarta: The Study Program of English Education, The School of Teacher Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA, 2021.
The objective of this research is to get empirical data of UHAMKA EFL University Students’ Speaking Anxiety Level and differences in UHAMKA EFL University Students’ Speaking Anxiety Level based on their gender. The population of this study were students of the University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka in the academic year of 2020/2021 and the sample were 240 students from several departments. In this study, the writer has utilized a quantitative approach, namely the survey method. The writer utilized questionnaire to collected data. The data was analyzed utilized SPSS application version 25. Based on the result the data were normally distributed (0.070<0.05) and data distribution was homogeneous (0.242>0.05). The finding of this study shows that level of speaking anxiety in foreign language was moderate (Mean = 58.99; SD = 12.43), there is a significant difference between the level of speaking anxiety of females and males ( Sig (2-tailed) = 0.000) and female has a higher level speaking anxiety in foreign language (Mean = 60.64, SD = 11.86) than male (Mean = 53.00, SD = 12.71).