Indian Journal of Innovations and Developments

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Objective: To investigate the relationship between students' speaking anxiety and their use of affective strategy during speaking task.

Methods/Statistical Analysis: 93 secondary school students of form five were selected for this purpose. FLCAS questionnaire and affective strategies category of SILL were used as instrument. To determine the relationship between the use of affective strategy and learners' level of speaking anxiety, a Spearman Correlation was employed as a tool of analysis.

Findings: There seems a relationship between the level of speaking anxiety and the students' use of affective strategy during speaking. Students employing affective strategy during speaking could attenuate speaking anxiety. Applications/Improvements: Thus, it should be encouraged to use the strategy during speaking task in order to manage and control students' speaking anxiety.


Keywords

Anxiety, Affective Factor, Affective Strategy, Motivation, Speaking Anxiety.
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