UAD TEFL International Conference
Proceedings of the 5th UAD TEFL International Conference

University student strategies to cope with anxiety in learning English

Joppi Rondonuwu (Universitas Klabat Airmadidi)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Jan 2021

Abstract

This article has been prepared to report a quantitative study that revealed the strategies of students of English major and non-English major to cope with anxiety in the learning of English as a foreign language, including the description of student anxiety in learning English and strategies to cope with English learning. The respondents consisted of 173 students from English major and 173 students from non-English major of a private university in North Sulawesi Province.  The validated adapted constructs of the questionnaire, namely strategies and anxiety, were originally proposed by He and Horwitz, Horwitz, and Cope respectively. The research findings showed that both English major and non-English major students had no significant difference in their strategies to cope with anxiety in learning English and in their level of anxiety in learning English. However, there were four strategies to cope with anxiety in learning English which significantly contributed to the anxiety in learning English as a foreign language.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

utic

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

UTIC Proceeding welcomes research and non-research articles from academics, educators, teachers, trainers, and other practitioners in all aspects of education and learning. Papers for publication in this proceedings are selected through accurate peer-review to ensure their quality. The proceedings ...