Detail Strategies To Alleviate Learner Anxiety In An EFL Speaking Classroom A Case Study At The University Of Al-Azhar Indonesia Bibliografi Author: ISWANDARI, AMELIA ; Sari, Faizah (Advisor) Topik: EFL Speaking Classroom Bahasa: (EN )     Penerbit: Applied English Linguistics Program Graduate School Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia     Tempat Terbit: Jakarta    Tahun Terbit: 2011     Jenis: Theses - Master Thesis Fulltext: Thesis-Amelia Iswandari.pdf (12.71MB; 22 download) Ketersediaan Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: T 161 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1  Lihat Detail Induk Abstract Language anxiety may influence the way students communicate with their peers in the class. Previous studies reported that anxiety arousal has a number of effects on academic, cognitive, social and personal, as well as personal career. It is necessary for teachers to apply appropriate strategies to reduce learners’ anxiety. The research reported here was design to investigate the effectiveness of some strategies for teacher to alleviate learner anxiety proposed by Young (1991)in an EFL Speaking classroom. The research involved 21 students of a conversation class in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Al-Azhar Indonesia. The study shows that the strategies are generally effective in alleviating language anxiety. The most effective strategies are ‘friendly, relaxed, humorous and encouraging instructor and constructive ways of correction such as modeling and focusing on meaning instead of grammar’ which significantly lower learner language anxiety stemming from instructor-learner interaction.‘Agony column’ is the focus of the present study as the major source of learner anxiety stems from personal and interpersonal interactions. Apparently, the strategy only quite effective in reducing learner language anxiety stemming from personal and interpersonal interaction. An organic course plan incorporating modified ‘agony column’ and other strategies to create low-anxiety classroom atmosphere is provided in this study. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Lihat Sejarah Pengadaan  Konversi Metadata   Kembali

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