Analysis of Speaking Anxiety in Learning English on Physical education

Abstract

Anxiety is a natural reaction that occurs whenever someone encounters anything new and strange. This research aims to provide light on the anxiety levels of Physical Education students when they transition from fieldwork to the classroom. This study was used a descriptive quantitative approach. The research includes twenty-eight University of Bengkulu Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Physical Education students. The items contained in the questionnaire used in this research sourced from the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). An investigation into the anxiety levels of students in Bengkulu University's Physical Education Study Programme during their first semester of English language learning yielded several key findings. Only 4% of students reported a high level of anxiety, while the remaining 88% reported a medium level, then only 8% students had low anxiety. The following factors contributed to students' anxiety. Fear of a negative evaluation (mean = 2.42), test anxiety (mean = 2.57), and communication apprehension (mean = 2.56) were the primary causes of students' anxiety when learning English at Bengkulu University's Physical Education Study Program. The study discovered that test anxiety, communication apprehension, and fear of receiving a poor grade are the main causes of the significant anxiety that students in Bengkulu University's Physical Education Study Programme experience when learning the English language.