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some indicators of speaking anxiety among the students based on FLCAS Questionnaire. I attempted to divide the items into several categories. It is
important to note that the categories may overlap with each other, and thus not mutually exclusive.
2.a. Negative self perceptions low self esteem One common indicator of anxiety among the learners is negative self
perceptions and low self esteem. As mentioned in literature review, self perceptions or popular as self concept in psychology studies is how one person
knows about herhimself Shavelson Bolus, 1981. Meanwhile self esteem is a concept of how one person treats herhimself, their attitude toward themselves
Sigelman, 1999; cited in Bailey, 2003. Figure
2: Level of negative self perception low self esteem
From the data above, the majority of the students agreed or strongly agreed that they felt they had no self-confidence when they were speaking in their
English classroom. 55 of the students agreed with statement „I never feel quite
3 3
55
13 18
18 15
55
8 10
Q1. I never feel quite sure of myself when I am speaking in
my English class Q5. I feel confident when I
speak in English class STRONGLY AGREE
AGREE NEUTRAL
DISAGREE STRONGLY DISAGREE
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sure of myself when I am speaking in my English class, 3 of the students strongly agreed, other students 18 were not really sure if they had self-
confidence in speaking English in their classroom, 15 of the students disagreed with this statement, and 8 students strongly disagreed with this statement. On
the other hand, when they were asked to answer the reverse item, 10 of the students strongly disagreed with
statement “I feel confident when I speak in English class”, 55 of the students disagreed with this statement, 18 in neutral
position, 13 of the students agreed with this statements and only 3 of the students strongly agreed with this statement.
2.b. Fear of being less competent than other students
Figure 3: Level of fear of being less competent than other students
Students reported their fear of being less competent than the other students. The data shows that 14 of the students strongly agreed and 39 of the
sudents agreed that they felt their schoolmates spoke English better than them, 12 students were in neutral position, other 32 of the students disagreed and
14 39
12 32
2 5
10 15
20 25
30 35
40 45
Q7. I always feel that the other students speak English better
than I do STRONGLY AGREE
AGREE NEUTRAL
DISAGREE STRONGLY DISAGREE
