Strategies to Cope with FNE
79 traumatic experience. This kind of unpleasant experience may dramatically
disturb self-confidence as a student. Venita said I thought I was stupid because I forgot simple things. I realized it when I
came back to my seat. From that moment, if I had a presentation, I would not be confident. If I was not satisfied with what I had presented, I became
unconfident.
Intrvw1_V90 Positively, she was determined to prepare herself in case she had to face the
same situation. According to her, the preparation was more about enriching vocabulary since knowing many vocabularies would help her in doing
spontaneous speech. When I asked about what she would do after that moment, she said
I studied more vocabularies. I read novels written in English in order to enrich my vocabulary.
Intrvw1_V91 She elaborated more by saying
So, if I had to speak in front of the class spontaneously or not, knowing many vocabularies would make me easier to do it.
Intrvw1_V92 The experience brought positive impacts to Petra. During the presentation,
she indeed felt anxious, but it did not hinder herself to be brave to speak in the other occasions. She thought if she did not brave enough, she would not be able to
speak English. She said The experience affected me. But for me, the effect was good that I wanted to
be better. It did not hinder me to speak. If I was not brave to speak, I would not be able to speak English until the end.
Intrvw1_P89 From that moment, she made a commitment that she would make better
preparation for instance by practicing in front of the mirror, practicing with her friends, studying pronunciation and studying grammar. Even, she planned to
80 speak in front of the class voluntarily if her lecturers asked her to. When I asked
about what she would do after that moment, she said After that, if I had a presentation, I did some practices like talking in front of
the mirror or practicing with friends though my friends were bored listening to me. But at least, I tried. If there was a voluntarily speech, I was brave to
do it. I also studied pronunciation.
Intrvw1_P90 She elaborated more by saying
And also the grammar. It was important. Intrvw1_P92