Dewantari, Dinda (2023) An Analysis Of Psychological Factors Affecting Students’ Speaking Performance Of The Third Semester Students At English Language Education Program Of Fkip Uir. Other thesis, Universitas Islam Riau.

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Abstract

There are some problems are found in learning speaking in the third semester. The students were afraid of or anxious for speaking English. They may not have adequate vocabulary. In practice, however, many students feel frustrated as they find that speaking in a foreign language is a complex matter. Another problem was the students may not be able to pronounce the words correctly and it may make them feel embarrassed and it can increase their anxiety to speak because they are afraid of making mistakes. Those factors, like fear of making mistakes, were commonly caused by their fear of being laughed at by their friends. The objective of the research is to find out the psychological factors affect students’ speaking performance of the third semester of English Study Program Students FKIP UIR. The research is descriptive qualitative research. The data of this research was the third semester students at FKIP UIR. The participant of this research was taken through random sampling technique. The participant of this class is class A which consist of 47 students. The research instrument of this research is questionnaire. The procedure of the research are; the researcher distributes the questionnaire to participants by using Google form by sharing the questionnaire in WhatsApp application group of Class III B, the researcher asks participant to fill out the questionnaire, the researcher scores the questionnaire by using Likert scale , and the researcher analyses the result to find out what are the psychological factors affect students’ speaking performance of the third semester of English Study Program Students FKIP UIR. In this research, the technique analysis data are collecting data, categorized the data based on indicators, describe the data and make conclusion Based on the result of the research e, there are several psychological factors which become the barriers for the students in performing their speaking, they are anxiety, fear of making mistakes, shyness, lack of motivation, and lack of confidence. These psychological factors not only appear from one student who is presenting his speaking competence in front of the class, but also from other students who act as audience in individual speaking activity. In fact, from the result of this research and also supported by other studies from other researchers, one psychological factor is related to others such as the act of being anxious, shy, and lack of confidence can be the result from the feeling of fear of making mistakes, and the lack of confidence also can be caused by shyness.

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