Students' Strategy In Reducing Axiety In Presenting English Paper

Anxiety is a condition in which an individual feels unconfident and has doubts about what will happen and commonly described as a state of depression that is uncomfortable and chaotic with many regret feelings. Therefore, paying attention to this factor of learning should also be taken into consideration. This study aims to identify the causes and effects of anxiety, as well as to investigate strategies for reducing anxiety during the presentation. The population of this study was third semester of English Department students at UIN Ar-Raniry while the sample where five students. In this study, a qualitative approach is used. To gather the data, the researcher used two techniques namely observation and interview. The finding showed that there were four factors of anxiety (1) worried because their capabilities could not satisfy, (2) nervous because stage fright factor, (3) fear because afraid to make a mistake, and (4) shame because afraid of being ridiculed or embarrassed with their appearance. Further, the effects of anxiety were (1) Lack of confidence (2) Lack of Mastery Material, (3) Forgetting the material or blank, (4) Lack of concentrate, (5) Unsatisfactory Result. Furthermore, the researcher classified the strategies used by the students to reduce their anxiety in speaking English performance into several categories as follow: (1) Preparation, (2) Relax, (3) Selfconfidence, (4) Peer seeking, (5) Ignoring audiences, (6) Holding a script.