Listening Anxiety Of EFL Undergraduate Students: A Survey Study

Abstract

Listening is a basic skill that is important in learning a foreign language. Listening is also needed in fluent and reciprocal communication, but in listening in foreign languages many foreign language learners experience listening anxiety. The purpose of this study is to identify listening anxiety on EFL undergraduate learners. This research is a survey study. The participants were 193 students in English education department in private university. The data was collected by using The Listening Anxiety Questionnaire adapted from Chang (2008) questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 32 items and used Likert scale points from 1-5 as the main instrument in data retrieval. To analyze the data that has been obtained from participants, this study uses SPSS and Microsoft Excel. The findings describe three factors of EFL listening anxiety as followed: the most influence and highest score is the factors of Worrying about Test Difficulty with mean (M=3.98), followed Taking English Listening Course as a Requirement with mean (M=3.95), and Low Confidence in Comprehending Spoken English with mean (3.13).