Strategies To Overcome Students’ Anxiety In Speaking Class: An Investigation In Online And Offline Learning System
Abstract
This study aims to investigate English Education students speaking anxiety
in both online and offline learning contexts. This study did a further investigation
about the strategies they use to cope with their anxiety when doing public speaking
in both online and offline contexts. Although, there is a lot of research regarding
speaking anxiety has been done by the researchers both in Indonesia and other
countries, there are still limited studies discussing speaking anxiety in education
especially in both offline and online learning among English education students in
Indonesia. This study employed a qualitative method. The data were collected
through interviews with two students from a private university in Indonesia. The
findings showed that both participants were less anxious when they do public
speaking in the online context than in offline one. Furthermore, it was also found
that these participants only used one strategy to overcome their anxiety (i.e.,
preparation) for online public speaking; and used more strategies (i.e., relaxation,
preparation, positive thinking, audience depreciation, concentration, and
resignation) to deal with offline speaking anxiety. Therefore, it is implied that
through these coping strategies, students feel less anxious in online learning context
rather than in offline learning.