Heart Beats Faster: Speaking Anxiety Among KPTM-UiTM ESL’s Students

SULIZA BINTI ZAINON AZNAN

INTRODUCTION English language is one most used language in the

world with 335 millions users around the globe (Hammond, 2012).

According to EF English Proficiency Index (2014), Malaysia ranked the 13th place among 63 countries in the world and recognized as high proficiency speakers.

BACKGROUND OF RESEARCH Speaking anxiety is debilitative to the learners. 48% of employers who participated in Jobstreet.com’s

survey stated that poor English is the main reason for fresh graduates umemployment (Aruna, 2011).

FLCAS (Foreign Language Class Anxiety Scale) will be used to identify the anxiety level and what causes it.

PROBLEM STATEMENT Speaking in L2 (English) tends to be very stressful for some.

According to Siti Haryati binti Che Ya (2007), local students

afraid to speak in English and have a low self confidence when

speaking in English.

The cause of high level of anxiety in learning English should be

further investigated (Zgutowicz, 2009).

The educators should have a better understanding of the

learners in order to minimize speaking anxiety (Öztürk and

Gürbüz, 2014)

RESEARCH OBJECTIVESI. Identify the levels of speaking anxiety among KPTM-

UiTM students in English language learning.

II. Identify the causes of the anxiety.

III. Suggest ways to minimize the anxiety in communicating in English.

RESEARCH QUESTIONSI. What is the level of speaking anxiety among KPTM-

UiTM students in English language learning?

II. What are the causes of this anxiety?

III. How to minimize the anxiety in communicating in English?

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

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DV 1

DV 2 DV 3

RESEARCH DESIGNI. A quantitative research.

II. Adopts survey designs.

III. The sample will be among KPTM- UiTM’s students of semester 2; enrolled to MGT 269 subject.

RESEARCH INSTRUMENTSRESEARCH QUESTIONS INSTRUMENTS

I. What is the level of speaking anxiety among KPTM- UiTM students in English language learning?

Questionnaires (close- ended)

II. What are the causes of this anxiety? Questionnaires (open-ended)

III. How to minimize the anxiety in communicating in English?

Questionnaires (open- ended)

DATA ANAYSISRESEARCH QUESTIONS INSTRUMENTS DATA ANALYSIS

I. What is the level of speaking anxiety among KPTM- UiTM students in English language learning?

Questionnaires (close- ended) Frequency, mean, standard deviation.

II. What are the causes of this anxiety?

Questionnaires (open-ended) Frequency, mean, standard deviation.

III. How to minimize the anxiety in communicating in English?

Questionnaires (open- ended)

Frequency, mean, standard deviation.