THE USE OF READING ALOUD TECHNIQUE TO REDUCE STUDENT’S SPEAKING ANXIETY

Abstract

The study aimed to find out whether the Reading Aloud technique can reduce the students’ speaking anxiety during English learning. This research was quantitative research. The participants of this research were 32 students of eighth grade of Junior High School 3 Sawit. Data collection was carried out using the pre-tests, post-test, interviews and checklist observations. The checklist observation was used to find out the factors that cause students' anxiety in speaking performances. While, the interviews were conducted to determine their anxiety level. The use of the reading aloud method was accompanied by providing motivation, assignments and reinforcement to support its application. The final result of data processing was calculated from the percentage of how many students who courage to speak up and their enthusiasm without being forced or pointed before and after the technique was applied. The final results confirmed that the technique of reading aloud was effective in reducing the anxiety of students in speaking English.