Reading Anxiety Among Junior High School Students In Mataram: A Survey Study

Abstract

This Study aims to identify students reading anxiety among junior high school students. The research design of this research using quantitative approach in a form of survey study. There were 80 respondents from one of Junior High Schools in Mataram, Indonesia. All respondents were students from class of 8 and 9. To collect the data, this study employed a questionnaire from Al-Shboul (2013) which describes significant factors in reading anxiety. Based on the results, the highest score refers to the statement of “I enjoy reading a text in English text in English when I know its translation.” (Means = 4, 15 and SD = 0.730). Meanwhile the lowest are the statements for “Worrying about the Reading Effects” also the statement “In reading aloud in the class I do not understand the text even though it is easy.” (Means = 3 and Std. Deviation = 1.055). The data indicates that the most students enjoy reading text in English when they know it’s translation and they are not able to focus on understanding when they have to read