Abstract:
This study deals with the analysis of Students’ Speaking
Anxiety at the Second Student of Vocational High School. The
objectives of the study are to find out the the types of the students’
speaking anxiety at the second student of vocational high school and to
find out the cause of the students’ speaking anxiety at the second
student of vocational high school. This research used the descriptive
quantitative method. The descriptive quantitative method is used to
describe involving recording analyzed and interpretation the condition
that exist. It also known as a method to analyze the work of teachers.
The population of the research was the second grade of students in
SMK Negeri 9 Medan in academic year 2016/2017. There were twenty
classes who consisted of 636 students. Based the statement above, the
population was taken just two classes as the sample. The data was
collected by giving some questionnaire to the students and some
question for the english teacher. The questionnaire consisted of 33
items. In the queastionnaire the students answered some question about
anxiety. This is important for collecting data in all types of research
methods. The findings show that from the research the most dominant
anxiety is Generalized Anxiety Disorder where 28 students (45.16%)
suffered this. The second is Social Phobia where 21 students (33.87%)
suffered this and the third is Panic Disorder where 13 students
(20.97%) suffered this. The cause of the students’ speaking anxiety at
the second student of vocational high school is a combination of
psychological, educational, and socio-cultural factors, which are
interrelated.
