The Relationship between Students’ Anxiety and Their Speaking Skill in Eleventh Grade in Jakarta Barat Senior High Schools in 2021/2022 Academic Year

syva aulia lestari; dr. akhmad haqiqi ma'mun, m.pd.;

SYVA AULIA LESTARI: 1801055150 “The Relationship between Students’ Anxiety and Their Speaking Skill in Eleventh Grade in Jakarta Barat Senior High Schools in 2021/2022 Academic Year”. A paper. Jakarta: The Study Program of English Education, The Faculty of Teaching Training and Education. The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka, Jakarta, 2022.
This study aims to investigate the relationship between students’ anxiety and their speaking skills in Eleventh Grade in Jakarta Barat Senior High School in the 2021/2022 academic year. The writer held the research in May at the SMAN 16 Jakarta and SMAN 23 Jakarta. The writer took one class from SMAN 16 and one from SMAN 23 Jakarta in second year-student as a sample in this study. The writer used the quantitative correlation design to analyze the research data. In addition, the writer used two instruments to collect the data research such as questionnaire and, a speaking test. Afterward, the result was analyzed using a pre-requisite test consisting of normality tests, regression, and linearity. The result of normality test was equation Y = 99,81 - 0,27 𝑥𝑖. It means that the data were normally distributed and linear.
The writer found the correlation coefficient (r) result between students’ anxiety and their speaking skill, which was -0,720. Afterward, the writer interpreted the result by using the interpretation table from Ananda and Fadhli (2018). The result showed a negative relation between students’ anxiety and their speaking skills. The writer used a t-test for testing the hypothesis, and the final result was -9,3. Then, the writer compared the result using a t- table with a significance level was 5%. The writer got t-test > t table (-9,3 > -1,99), which means Ha was accepted. Thus, it shows that students’ anxiety could influence their speaking skills.