Public Speaking Anxiety In The Indonesian Efl Context

Abstract

The current study aims to describe what dimensions of public speaking anxiety in Indonesian EFL university students. This research was carried out with a quantitative method focusing on survey design. The researcher used the Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA) questionnaire which consisted of 25 items. This questionnaire is the result of the factor analysis conducted by Kelsen 2019 on the original PRPSA questionnaire by McCroskey 1997. Positive mindset, physical effect, preparation anxiety, and performance anxiety mentioned as the dimensions of the PRPSA questionnaire by Kelsen 2019. As many as 55 university students contributed to fill out the questionnaire. All participants already have enrolled in public speaking class and had several experiences in delivering public speaking. The result of this study showed that dimensions of physical effects, preparation anxiety and performance anxiety appear when the participants experienced public speaking anxiety. On the other hand, dimension of positive mindset did not appear when the participants felt anxious. This study suggests to the reader who has public speaking anxiety to pay attention to the finding of this study in order for the anxiety can be handled.