(The Analysis of teachers’ Strategies in Lessen Students' Speaking Anxiety at MAS Lamno Aceh Jaya)

Abstract

This study aimed to know the teachers’ strategies in teaching speaking skill. This research
employed a descriptive qualitative method. The participants of research were 26 students and 2
English teachers in MAS Lamno Aceh Jaya. The instrument of collecting the data used in this
study were observation and interview. The objectives of this research were to know the teachers
strategies in teaching speaking skill and to know the students strategies in learning speaking. The
result revealed the teachers’ strategies of two English teachers were making a group work, did the
activities based on easy language like teaching vocabularies, give some instructions or training in
discussion skills, keep students to speak the target language, role play and memorizing
vocabularies. Overall, the teachers did the process of teaching and learning so well. The students’
obstacles in learning speaking were the students were afraid to speak in English, the students felt
afraid to be laughted by their friends, the students felt nervous when they were trying to speak in
front of people. The strategies of the students in learning speaking and avoid anxiety in speaking
were: the students tried to be positive thinking even if they feel quite afraid in learning speaking
but the student tries to relax.