Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: Factors Contributing Students' Anxiety in Interpersonal Speaking Class

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Appendix A

A. Questionnaire
Name : ______________________________

St.Number:_____________________

Phone number : _________________________

Please put a tick () to your answers! This questionnaire has nothing to do with your grade in
Interpersonal Speaking class. The data from this questionnaire will be treated with utmost
confidentiality.
Questions

Strongly
agree

1. I never feel quite sure of myself when I am
speaking in my foreign language class.
2. I don't worry about making mistakes in
language class.
3. I tremble(gemetar) when I know that I'm
going to be called on in language class.
4. It frightens (menakutkan) me when I don't
understand what the teacher is saying in the
foreign language.

5. It wouldn't bother me at all to take more
foreign language classes.
6. During language class, I find myself thinking
about things that have nothing to do with the
course.
7. I keep thinking that the other students are
better at languages than I am.
8. I am usually at ease during tests in my
language class.
9. I start to panic when I have to speak without
preparation in language class.
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Agree

Neither
agree
nor
disagree

Disagree

Strongly
disagree

10. I worry about the consequences of failing my
foreign language class.
11. I don't understand why some people get so
upset over foreign language classes.
12. In language class, I can get so nervous I
forget things I know.
13. It embarrasses me (membuatku malu) to
volunteer (suka rela) answers in my
language class.
14. I would not be nervous speaking the foreign
language with native speakers.
15. I get upset when I don't understand what the
teacher is correcting.
16. Even if I am well prepared for language
class, I feel anxious about it.

17. I often feel like not going to my language
class.
18. I feel confident/sure when I speak in foreign
language class.
19. I am afraid that my language teacher is ready
to correct every mistake I make.
20. I can feel my heart beating when I'm going
to be called on in language class.
21. The more I study for a language test, the
more confused I get.
22. I don't feel pressure (tertekan) to prepare
very well for language class.
23. I always feel that the other students speak the
foreign language better than I do.
24. I feel very self‐ conscious (canggung) about
speaking the foreign language in front of
other students.
25. Language class moves so quickly I worry
about getting left behind (ketinggalan).
26. I feel more tense and nervous in my

language class than in my other classes.
27. I get nervous and confused when I am
speaking in my language class.

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28. When I'm on my way to language class, I
feel very sure and relaxed.
29. I get nervous when I don't understand every
word the language teacher says.
30. I feel overwhelmed (kewalahan) by the
number of rules you have to learn to speak a
foreign language.
31. I am afraid that the other students will laugh
at me when I speak the foreign language.
32. I would probably feel comfortable around
native speakers of the foreign language.
33. I get nervous when the language teacher asks
questions which I haven't prepared in
advance/before.

Taken from Horwitz, E. K., Horwitz, M. B., & Cope, J. (1986). Foreign language classroom
anxiety. The Modern Language Journal, 70(2), 125‐ 132.

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Interview Questions
B.
1. Have you felt nervous in Interpersonal Speaking Class?
2. Which activity that makes you anxious in Interpersonal Speaking Class?
3. What factors make you anxious?
4. How do you cope with your anxiety?

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