Canva’s Crucial Role In Lessening Students’ Speaking Anxiety During Speaking Activities

ralph h. johnson; hamzah puadi ilyas, ph.d.; dr. syaadiah arifin, m.pd.;

Many studiesemphasize the positive impact of innovation of learning media in second language education. Due to its role in reducing foreign language anxiety, the utilization of advanced innovation has an imperative part in mending students' feelings. Hence, utilization of the advanced stage, Canva, and research on its impact on students' speaking activities anxiety in L2 were the most crucial parts ofthis ponder. This thesis aims to identify the impactsof using Canva as a learning media on students’ speaking anxiety and significantchanges in theirspeaking skills after the intervention and explain experiences students reported regarding using Canva in their speaking assignments and public performance. With this takeoff point, enter to degree interventionimpacts related to the utilization of introduction assignments utilizing Canva, one bunch pretest-posttest is utilized. Data regarding Speaking anxiety before and after using Canva to learn English Speakingwas collected by the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). Participants were interviewed to determine the participants' learning experiences andchanges in their emotional states.The source of information in this study is students of SMKN 11 Jakarta. The conclusions of the evaluation results are as follows: 1)There isa good impact of using Canva as a learning media on students’ speaking anxiety and there are significant changes in the students' speaking skills after the intervention. After using Canva, students' anxiety during speaking activities was significantly reduced compared to before using Canva. This means that the use of the Canva application plays a significant role in reducing the anxiety of students majoring in marketing at SMKN 11 Jakarta during speaking activities. (2)There are good learning experiences students report regarding using Canvas in their speaking assignments and public performance. Students are satisfied with learning English subjects, especially when there is the use of learning media such as Canva. In addition, Canva can hone students' speaking skills by being more confident in speaking English. Canva also makes the teaching and learning process fun, besides that the use of Canva can increase student creativity.