Agribusiness Student Perspective on The Anxiety in Public Speaking

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Rekhanna Zahra J S
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The aim of study was to discern factors that had a bearing on growing anxiety while
speaking English. So, that it can help find solutions to these fears.There are three
things can we discuss about anxiety in public speaking which is perspective
agribusiness student at Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta about anxiety, the
causes of anxiety that arise, and the characteristics of anxiety felt when speaking. The
study begins with quantitative data taken based on online survey analyses. The study
was conducted to determine the level of anxiety students experience when speaking
English publicly. The subjects in this study are student at Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
University.

Introduction
The use of language in communication is an important factor. A
communication is a form of conveying messages of thought and feeling through a
particular channel to an individual to another. One of the languages now rapidly
developing is English. English became the international language spoken today by
foreigners. In Indonesian, English is learned as the second language after Indonesian.
English can also make it easier to communicate with foreigners. English education
goes from childhood to adult through formal school education and non-formal
education from the family environment. The English taught many things by writing,
reading, listening, and speaking. Speaking English has been one of the challenges for
Indonesians. Although, a foreign language is learned at an early age but the fear that
comes from speaking a foreign language is inevitable.
According to Cutrone (2009) says that speaking English in public can cause
undue anxiety. In addition, many students when in the English class only speak when
told to even some are silent. This is done because when they speak English in front of
the class and even in public at the same time the mind suddenly becomes unfocused
and speech is not fluent. In this paper, author will explore how people perspective
about anxiety when speaking English in front of the class, the causes of anxiety that
arise, the characteristics of anxiety felt when speaking.
 Because of that, the learning process in the classroom becomes less effective.
According to Brown (2000), the affective factors affecting the learning process are 3
of self-confidence, motivation, and self-anxiety. That confidence needs to be
enhanced when communicating in English because high confidence can improve
when speaking. A person can speak the language fluently and well when confident is
not to be mistakes, his surroundings promote such English as one with low resistance
and low anxiety.
The aim of study was to discern factors that had a bearing on growing anxiety
while speaking English. So, that it can help find solutions to these fears.There are
three things can we discuss about anxiety in public speaking which is perspective
agribusiness student at Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta about anxiety, the
causes of anxiety that arise, and the characteristics of anxiety felt when speaking.
Specifically, we were interested to in the following three questions that guided our
research.
1. What are the reasons that trigger anxiety when speaking English?
2. How to deal with people who experience excessive anxiety?
3. What are the characteristics of people who feel anxious when speaking English in
public?

Literature Review
Public speaking is a process, an act or an art that anyone can perform. Public
speaking not only speaks but has to serve a clear purpose. Public speaking not only
conveys an idea, a piece of information, it can also change the emotions, the actions,
the attitudes of the listeners. (Nikitina, 2011)
The ability to speak to each person is different, so it can be seen when
speaking in English. Speaking in English is a great need to be learned, since English
is a second international language after English and English is also a bridge for
communication between countries. Training English skills is not difficult because it is
learned in everyday life, as in school English becomes a compulsory study and when
learning is done, learning English can be trained to speak English, learning English
can also be done by adopting even autodidacts. Although speaking English is the
norm, many still feel nervous or anxious when speaking English in public. (Gaibani
& Elmenfi, 2016)
Anxiety is something a person feels when facing a threat, a danger, and stress.
One who is experiencing anxiety the most obvious stress, irritation, and discomfort. A
constant state of anxiety, discomfort, and excess tension are among anxieties.
Therefore, when the anxious state of English is constantly anxious, it affects one’s
thinking, behavior, and feelings. Some studies have show that the country, which
speaks English as the second language after that country original language, suffers
from a high level of anxiety. (McCroskey, 1978)
According to Brown (2000) It's something that researchers can know when
they're speaking in public, like shame, when they're talking a lot of pauses, not
confidence in what they're talking about, which is a tremendous fear of wrong. For
people who are studying, they have that experience, especially in class. Some of the
factors that affect anxiety while speaking in foreign languages in class are a lack of
comfort, a fear of failure, and a fear of negative judgment. The presence of this
problem arose on a scale to analyze the anxiety levels of the foreign-language world.
According to Horwitz et, al, (1986) that a scale has developed to measure the amount
of anxiety or anxiety experienced by many in their foreign language. This scale is
called "Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety scale" (FLCAS).
Research Methods
The study begins with quantitative data taken based on online survey
analyses. The study was conducted to determine the level of anxiety students
experience when speaking English publicly. The subjects in this study are student at
Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta University. The total of 20 participants consisted of 10
female and 10 male. All right, everyone, the criteria are for college English.
The data collection instrument used was the online measuring naire.
Interviews were asked open ended and close ended, for open ended questions related
name, age, etc. The close ended on the other hand, this question focuses on
Agribusiness students who often experience anxiety when speaking English in public.
They were asked about factors, causes, ways to cope, impacts.
To recruit the participants, researchers contacted the participants in
Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta University. This data collection was done by providing
participants with a survey link to answer the questions listed in the form. The time the
researchers gave the participants in completing the questionnaire was only 10
minutes. To access the data, the researcher conducts identification through the
questionnaire's answers that have been given to participants. This thematic data
analysis was intended to improve public speaking.
Results
The result of this study consisted of a questionnaire with 10 questions that
were useful for to know about perspective on the anxiety in public speaking class.
After the results of the questionnaire process, after that we are choose 20 respondents.
After we choose the respondents, and then this would be a questionnaire from Google
Form to get the respondent data.
From the data that has been obtained that the level of anxiety talking in front of
the class most students experience high anxiety. This is evidenced by the student's
response to the respondent.
Question 1 it becomes the key question that can know what it feels like to speak
in front of the class.

Getting 50% of the data means that most of them feel anxious, nervous when
speaking English in front of the class, but also that 1% don't feel anxious when they
talk in front of the class.
Question 2 about the anxiety that arises when speaking English in the font class
becomes natural.

Getting 60% of the data means that respondents agree that the anxiety that arises
when speaking English in front of the class is a natural thing, but there are 5% of
respondents who disagree about this.
Question 3 about eye contact with the audience raises the anxiety that arises
when speaking English in front of the class.
Getting 55% approval and 30% approval meaning that the respondent agreed when
talking to an audience with the eyes to become a factor of anxiety. However, there are
15% that state that eye contact with audience isn't the main factor of anxiety.
Question 4 practicing speaking in front of a mirror can alleviate anxiety when talking
in front of a class.

Being given a data amount of 25% strongly agree, 50% agree, and 25% disagree,
means that most of the respondents agree that practice speaking will reduce the
anxiety that arises in front of the class.
Question 5 about anxiety that arises when speaking English can be overcome by not
assuming the audience is in the room.

got 30 percent of the data paid off by 30 percent, 35% agreed. That means finding the
audience not present in the room to factor that alleviates the anxiety caused by
talking. But there are 35 percent less than that.
Question 6 about the number of audience in the room affected my anxiety.

has 45% approval and 45% agreed. That means some people feel that the amount in
attendance is affected by the anxiety. Whereas 10% of the time, they don't really
agree on that.
Question 7 when anxiety arises, my mind becomes unfocused

getting 65% of data, they express strong agreement, which means the growing
anxiety can interfere with their mind and not focus.
Question 8 insecurity when speaking English is a major factor for anxiety

Question 9 the effect of anxiety when speaking English in front of the class. Getting
the data that 20 of the respondents said the impact of the anxiety which arises when
speaking English in front of the class is that the mind has become disfocused and all
the material that the study has lost, the speech gets nervous, the feeling of insecurity.
Question 10 how to deal with the anxiety that arises in yourself when speaking
English. Has been found that the only way to get around the anxiety that comes with
English is to practice speaking in public, thinking that people are not walking in the
room, staring into the eyes, getting good reception, managing the breathing.
Discussion
As explained before, this paper aims to discuss about Agribusiness Student
Perspective on The Anxiety in Public Speaking Class, researchers have taken data
from the sample undergraduate student in University Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
batch 2017. We found that the symptoms of anxiety that are set up while talking in
front of the class have a negative impact on themselves. When anxiety arises, they
simply can't control it quickly. While the material is prepared, we can't avoid
worrying.
Of all respondents who had filled out this questionnaire, the factors
underlying anxiety arising when speaking English were those who needed to speak
English instead of being a daily language. In addition to the number of audience in
the class who really influence their focus when talking so that when speaking they
become not fluent and all the material that has been learned is lost all.
The way overcome anxiety when speaking English in front of the class is by
practicing speaking in public continuosly, practicing speaking in front of the mirror,
exercising self confidence because with our confidence in publc it will be avoided
from excessive anxiety, not looking into the eyes of the audience yourself that you
can do this.
The characteristics of people who feel anxious when speaking English in public
include when they feel nervous, forgetting about the material to e delivered, not
focused because they feel not confident speaking n front of the crowd.
Conclusion
In this study the factors underlying anxiety arising when speaking English
were those who needed to speak English instead of being a daily language. In
addition to the number of audience in the class who really influence their focus when
talking so that when speaking they become not fluent and all the material that has
been learned is lost all. The way overcome anxiety when speaking English in front of
the class is by practicing speaking in public continuosly, practicing speaking in front
of the mirror, exercising self confidence because with our confidence in publc it will
be avoided from excessive anxiety, not looking into the eyes of the audience yourself
that you can do this. The characteristics of people who feel anxious when speaking English
in public include when they feel nervous, forgetting about the material to e delivered,
not focused because they feel not confident speaking n front of the crowd. Based on
the findings of this study, the recommend is that the need for a more accurate and
deeper review. So, that this problem can be resolved and everyone can face and solve
themselves.
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