Investigating Students' Anxiety on the Use of Grammar in Vocational High Schools
Abstract
This study aims to discover how students experienced their learning anxiety in using English grammar in vocational high schools. This study used a descriptive quantitative method with 36 vocational high students of the eleventh grade in the areas of West Java and Jakarta as the participants in which the data include the participants' perspectives on their learning anxiety of grammar use in English learning. Based on the results, as many as 15% of students experienced a lack of motivation, 49% experienced insecurity, and 37% of students did not understand English grammar. As a result, students experienced significant learning anxiety while using the English language in a discourse without having a strong command of the language. It is then recommended that this study enable vocational high school students and teachers to find solutions to anxiety about using English in order that students can learn English grammar without anxiety or having fears.
Keywords: Anxiety; English Learning; Grammar Use; Vocational High School
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Fatmawati, M., Haura, R., & Supiani. (2020). Factors Affecting EFL Learners’ Confidence in Speaking English at The MEC English Course Banjarmasin. Journal of Teaching and Education, 2(4), 102–112. https://ojs.uniska-bjm.ac.id/index.php/PIUOK/article/viewFile/3985/2605
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Hartono, H., & Maharani, M. M. (2020). English writing anxiety and the writing problems of Indonesia EFL learners. 2nd Social and Humaniora Research Symposium (SoRes 2019), 513–517. https://www.atlantis-press.com/proceedings/sores-19/125935362
Hudayani, N., Husein, R., & Dirgeyasa, I. W. (2020). Reasons of EFL Students’ Anxiety in Writing Scientific Paper. 488(Aisteel), 163–166. https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201124.036
Jawas, U. (2019). Writing anxiety among Indonesian EFL students: Factors and strategies. International Journal of Instruction, 12(4), 733–746. https://doi.org/10.29333/iji.2019.12447a
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Oflaz, A. (2019). The foreign language anxiety in learning German and the effects of total physical response method on students’ speaking skill. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 15(1), 70–82. https://doi.org/10.17263/jlls.547616
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Salmiah, M., & Fitriyani, F. (2022). The University Students’ Anxiety in Learning English Grammar. English Education : English Journal for Teaching and Learning, 10(01), 82–93. https://doi.org/10.24952/ee.v10i01.5658
Septiana, S. Z., & Agustina, H. N. (2020). an Anxiety Analysis of Student in Learning English At the 10Th Grade of Sma 7 Kota Tangerang. Foremost Journal, 1(1), 53–58. https://doi.org/10.33592/foremost.v1i1.483
Siregar, A. M. P. (2022). Tertiary-level Students’ Public Speaking Anxiety: A Case Study of English Education Department Students in Indonesia. SALEE: Study of Applied Linguistics and English Education, 3(2), 318–338. https://ejournal.stainkepri.ac.id/index.php/salee/article/view/507
Sun, B., & Fan, T. (2022). The effects of an AWE-aided assessment approach on business English writing performance and writing anxiety: A contextual consideration. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 72, 101123. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2021.101123
Syahbani, D. M., & Apoko, T. W. (2023). Students’ Learning Anxiety and Speaking Skill in Lower Secondary School: A Correlation Study. Journal of Languages and Language Teaching, 11(3), 537–546. https://doi.org/10.33394/jollt.v11i3.8162
Tambunan, A. R. S., Andayani, W., Sari, W. S., & Lubis, F. K. (2022). Investigating EFL students’ linguistic problems using Grammarly as automated writing evaluation feedback. Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 12(1), 16–27. https://doi.org/10.17509/IJAL.V12I1.46428
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