Exploring the Coping Strategies used by ESL Learners to Cope with Speaking Anxiety in Speaking English
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Siti Nurfirdaus binti Mohd Nasir
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Politeknik Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, Perlis,
Malaysia
- Nik Intan Baizura binti Ramsa Politeknik Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, Perlis, Malaysia
Abstract
The anxiety of learning a foreign language could be a barrier or hindrance for learners in achieving their learning goals. In spite of extensive research that has been conducted on identifying educators’ techniques and treatments to overcome speaking anxiety among English as a Second (ESL) learners, the issue remains eminent. A substitute to mitigate the issue is to identify effective coping strategies which learners can apply and practice in an actual situation. In this paper, researchers investigate the most common coping strategy used by ESL learners to cope with speaking anxiety and the coping mechanism preferred by the learners to overcome speaking anxiety. The descriptive analysis revealed that working in small groups is the most commonly used coping strategies by ESL learners and the importance of the educator’s role as a mechanism to cope with second language speaking anxiety. Finally, there are several actions to be taken by the researchers mentioned in this research to reduce or control speaking anxiety by using the right coping strategies based on the results achieved in this research.
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