A Tourism Academy Student’s Speaking Anxiety
Abstract
English as a foreign language (EFL) context requires English as the essential
language to communicate with people from different countries. It is an obligation for
students from the tourism academy to master English, especially in oral performance.
However, some of them experienced speaking anxiety that appears as an obstacle in
performing English. This research aims to describe the experience of a tourismacademy
student’sٌspeakingٌanxiety.ٌTheٌparticipantٌofٌthisٌresearchٌwasٌenrollingٌinٌTourism
Management at a private Tourism academy. The type of this research is descriptive
qualitative. The data were collected by online interview and analyzed usingthematic
analysis. This research revealed prominent components of speaking anxiety as
experienced by the participant which are fear of receiving negative evaluation,
apprehension in understanding and build communication with others, also fear of
facing the test. Form of speaking anxiety is also discussed in the result based on the
participant's perspective. Stutter and nervousness, lack of communication and exposure
to English appear as the emergent findings in this study.