AN ANALYSIS OF SPEAKING ANXIETY OF THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Speaking is one of the most important skills that need to be developed by English language students. Learning to speak can help students make a habit and be fluent in speaking, so they can improve their speaking skills because getting used to speaking will contribute greatly to improving students’ ability to speak English. Being able proficient in English learning. However, students have different personality faces when they try to speak English but they feel nervous or afraid of going wrong, and when see friends speak up fluently they feel unconfident and upset by the English speaking skills they have. Anxiety is one of the obstacles to speaking, and it has a big impact on language learning development especially in speaking performance and they can’t succeed in acquiring English. In addition, anxious students may “freeze” or “blank” and be unable to provide information on the test that they know before the test In many cases, they may have an anxiety reaction that impedes their ability to perform successfully in a foreign language class.