EFL Students’ Perception on Speaking Anxiety

This study aims to identify the factors that caused EFL students’ language anxiety that faced by third-year to fourth-year students from department of English Language Education at Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry. This study was quantitative method using questionnaire technique. Sixty three students were selected to be respondent in this research and their perceptions were analyzed to see what are the factors caused EFL anxiety. The questionnaire was spreaded by online (google form). After gaining the data, then the researcher analyzed it statistically. The result of the research found that there was languages’ anxiety faced by the students during teaching and learning process. The anxiety felt by the students were (1) communication apprehension, (2) Text anxiety (3) Fear of negative social evaluation.