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Students’ Learning Strategies in Dealing with Speaking Anxiety at Universitas Negeri Makassar

ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities · Vol. 8 No. 2 (2025) · pp. 567–578

DOI
10.34050/els-jish.v8i2.44924
ISSN
2621-0835, 2621-0843
Published
2025-06-21
Publisher
Hasanuddin University
Language
en
License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Abstract

Speaking is one of the four fundamental skills in learning English language beside writing, reading, and listening. While it is condemned important, many students still struggle in mastering speaking skill. There are many reasons on why students might have trouble in speaking and one of them is excessive anxiety. With this situation, many students recommended to use learning strategies to help them in overcoming their speaking anxiety. This study provides us with knowledge about what learning strategies that students use to overcome speaking anxiety by implementing qualitative descriptive methods. The research subjects consist of ten (10) undergraduate students from English Education Program at Universitas Negeri Makassar. The study’s data collected with the help of non-participant observations and semi-structured interview sessions. After the data were collected and analyze, the researcher was able to identify fifteen (15) kinds of learning techniques that the students use to cope with their speaking anxiety. These fifteen (15) kinds of learning techniques are then categorized into three types of learning strategies, namely cognitive, meta-cognitive, and socio-affective learning strategies.

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Andi Elsa Fadhilah SaktiAffiliation unknown2
Yandres Answo Djedelbert LaoState University of Makassar1
Muhammad BasriState University of Makassar1
Nurmawti NurmawatiAffiliation unknown1
Haryanto AtmowardoyoAffiliation unknown1
Geminastiti SakkirAffiliation unknown1
Murni MahmudAffiliation unknown1
Sutyrajmi Sutyrajmi SAffiliation unknown1
Fitriyani FitriyaniAffiliation unknown1
Ryan Andisky AsrulAffiliation unknown1
La Sunra La SunraAffiliation unknown1
Dian Fera Pratiwi SultanAffiliation unknown1
Munir MunirAffiliation unknown1
Hadijah HadijahAffiliation unknown1

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Metadata source: OAI-PMH (metadata jurnal) https://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/jish/oai, first harvested 3 Nov 2026, last seen 3 Nov 2026.
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