The Anxiety in Speaking English by the Second Semester Students of English Department of FKIP UKI Toraja

The objective of this research was to find out what factors cause the
anxiety in speaking English by the Second Semester Students of English
Department of FKIP UKI Toraja. In this research, the researcher used
descriptive qualitative research with survey design. The researcher used
interview as the way to get the data. The subject of this research was the
Second Semester Students of English Department of FKIP UKI Toraja.
The researcher used semi structure interview which consist of 10
questions. The data were analyzed by three steps, they are data
reduction data display, and conclusion. The result of this research
showed that mostly factors which caused the students anxiety in speaking
English was difficult to adjust their accent with the British and American
accents. And followed by less of self-confidence, and the other factors
was listener understanding, pronunciation, and friends reaction. In this
research, the researcher can concluded that British and American accent
was the factor which mostly caused the students anxiety in speaking
English by the second semester students of English Department of FKIP
UKI Toraja.