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Assessing Techniques of Overcoming Learners' Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety in the Classroom: the Case of Grade 10 Students in Adola Woyu Secondary School English Classes.

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study is conducted in order to investigate the sources of English as foreign language speaking anxiety of among Adola Woyu learners in the classrooms and the strategies to reduce students and teachers the anxiety. The research depends on two main data gathering tools which are questionnaires and classroom observation. The sample of this study was involved 150 learners and 4 schoolteachers from Adola Woyu. Classroom observation was also administered as a tool to collect data relevant for the study. The study reveals that most English foreign language learners have a great speaking anxiety in the study area. The results of the study indicated that fear of negative evaluation/feedback, worries about making grammatical mistakes, pronunciation errors, inability to express themselves (lack of practice), lack of preparation, lack of self-confidence, fear of making mistakes, limited of vocabulary knowledge, embarrassment, lack of familiarity with the subject matter, family communication pattern, lack of suitable environment, lack of awareness of EFL teaching, lack of well equipped, and inappropriate relationship with others are the sources of foreign language students speaking anxiety.In another way there are different techniques have been used by classroom researchers speaking anxiety creating a low anxiety in English Classroom is beliviedtobe facilitating foreign language allowing students to concentrate on communication rather than being distracted by worrying and fear of negative evaluation.Teacher is one of the answers for the question how language classroom canbe turned into low anxiety atmosphere.That is,like students,it directly concern teachers to work on reduction of students’ speaking fear in the classroom and a teacher is the prominent person in the classroom to minimize speaking anxiety. One of the techniques that teacher use in orderto be able to reduce speaking anxiety is to establish afriendly relationship, remove the factors that can lead to anxiety and fear. Some of techniques are:teachers should use playing games,roleplay,project work, provide indirect correction rather than direct.And also there are several things students can do in order to help themselves to decrease their anxiety and thus bemore successful in their language learning.Students sould also aware of their own anxiety and seek ways to copy with it.Researcher agree that one effective thing students can do get rid of anxiety in the class room is well prepared for the class activities.
DOI: 10.20372/nadre:19063
Author: ALEMU YAIKOB
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7082659709
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