Hadinata, Bayu Septiyan (2020) The Effect of Students’ Anxiety on Their English Achievement: An Ex Post Facto Study in SMPN 1 Siman Ponorogo. Undergraduate (S1) thesis, IAIN Ponorogo.
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HADINATA, BAYU SEPTIYAN. 2020. The Effect of Students’ Anxiety on Their English Achievement: An Ex Post Facto Study in SMPN 1 Siman Ponorogo. Thesis, English Education Department, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, State Institute of Islamic Studies Ponorogo. Advisor: Ahmad Nadhif, M.Pd.
Keywords: Students’ Anxiety, FLCAS, Students’ Achievement
Anxiety has been found to interfere with many types of learning and has been one of the most highly examined variables in all of psychology and education. Moreover, anxiety in the classroom and the greatest anxiety seem to relate to negative experiences in English class. In many cases, the students often express feelings of stress, nervousness, or anxiety while learning English in the classroom. Therefore, the anxiety can disturb students in the English learning process and students’ achievement.
The objective of this study was to investigate whether there was any significant effect of students’ anxiety on their English achievement at eighth-grade students of SMPN 1 Siman in the academic year 2019/2020. The research was conducted from August to September 2019 in SMPN 1 Siman Ponorogo.
The researcher applied a quantitative approach and used an ex post facto design. This study examined the students’ anxiety of eighth-grade students of SMPN 1 Siman. Three levels of anxiety were identified using the FLCAS (Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale) questionnaire by Horwitz, Horwitz & Cope, 1986. This FLCAS was modified by the researcher in Indonesian and applicable for Junior High School.
The population of this research was the eighth-grade students of SMPN 1 Siman Ponorogo, while the sample was 81 students of English class. The data was collected by questionnaire to measure the students’ anxiety and documentation of the students’ middle test at English subject to measure students’ English achievement. The data were analyzed using the simple linear regression formula by using SPSS 21 for windows.
The t-score shows 4.340, it was compared to T-table with a 5% level of significance, it listed 1.664. It means the T-score higher than T-table. The significant value was 0.000. It means that the equation regression was significant value (less than) < 0.005 and the equation regression model was Y=85.338 + (-0.054) X. Therefore, we rejected the null hypothesis and accepted the alternative hypothesis.
Based on the result of the data analysis above, the researcher concluded that the influence of students’ anxiety on their English achievement at eighth-grade students of SMPN 1 Siman Ponorogo is 19.2 %, and the others are influenced by other variables. It is become important for the teachers more attention to the students’ anxiety to students’ feel comfortable during the learning process. So that the students’ English achievement is high.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Undergraduate (S1)) |
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| Thesis Supervisor: | Ahmad Nadhif |
| Subjects: | 13 EDUCATION > 1399 Other Education > 139999 Education not elsewhere classified |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan > Jurusan Tadris Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Miss Perpustakaan IAIN Ponorogo |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Nov 2020 01:42 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2020 01:42 |
| URI: | http://etheses.iainponorogo.ac.id/id/eprint/11317 |
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