Overcoming Students’ Anxiety in English Presentation of EFL Students at Universitas Muhammadiyah Sorong

Abstract

Abstract

Speech anxiety is something that is more likely to depend on specific situations and circumstances that can make a person feel uncomfortable or nervous when presenting in front of the class. The purpose of this study was to see what factors caused students to feel anxious when presenting English in front of the class and how to overcome this anxiety. The participants in this study were fifth and seventh-semester students at Sorong Muhammadiyah University. The method used in this study was a qualitative method using a qualitative description design. The number of participants with 10 students consisting of 5 students in the fifth semester and 5 students in the seventh semester. The instrument for this research was interviewed. From the results of 10 interviews most of the students were caused when advancing in English presentations in front of the class, lack of preparation before appearing, not mastering the material, not making outlines, and very lack of student confidence in front of the class. The way to overcome anxiety when presenting English in front of the class was carried out by students were, students must be wise, students must still think positively, and students must be very careful when presenting English, take a deep breath, drink water before presentation, be silent or take a moment before starting the presentation.