<![CDATA[Foreign language anxiety plays a crucial role in language learning and detrimentally impacts the entire learning process. This study aims to explore the sources of non-English freshmen’s anxiety in ESP speaking program and how they cope with their fear when speaking English. This study also discovers ESP instructor’s solutions to mitigate their freshmen’s speaking anxiety. A qualitative approach with an exploratory case study design was conducted to enrich insight and better understand the phenomenon. Data collection involves classroom observations and semi-structured interviews with eight non-English freshmen and two ESP instructors enrolled in ESP speaking program at a private university in Malang, East Java. The data was then analyzed thematically using interactive model of Miles, Huberman, and Saldana (2014). It was found that speaking anxiety commonly felt by non-English freshmen was caused by some sources from freshmen’s personal mentality, linguistic capability, and classroom activity. The finding also provides several strategies used by freshmen in dealing with their speaking anxiety. Furthermore, various approaches implemented by ESP instructors to decrease freshmen’s speaking anxiety were offered. It should be emphasized that anxiety among students will always linger upon learning a foreign language. Even so, such learning hindrances can be minimized. Educators play a vital part in easing the students’ worries.]]>
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