Language researchers advanced the idea that Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA) has been a discussion of so much interest for it impairs language proficiency among students.
The purpose of this study was to find out the level of students’ language anxiety and its effect on speaking proficiency. It was carried out among the forty-one Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management (BSHRM) students of Mindanao State University-Maigo School of Arts & Trades (MSU-MSAT). Quantitative and qualitative research methods were employed. Data was collected using Horwitz et.al and Educational Testing Services materials. Furthermore, the mean and standard deviation was observed. These were carried out further using the Multiple Linear Regression procedure to determine the effects of the respondents’ level of language anxiety in relation to speaking proficiency.
Results revealed that the respondents’ communication apprehension and negative evaluation had a high anxiety level. Respondents’ high level of anxiety affected the way they communicate in English. On this premise, a Communication Enrichment Program was proposed to address the oral communication problem of the respondents.
Specifically, it attempted to answer the following questions:
1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of:
1.1 Age,
1.2 Sex,
1.3 Type of School Last Attended,
1.4 Parents’ Highest Educational Attainment,
1.5 Average Family Monthly Income, and
1.6 Availability of Reading Materials at Home?
2. What is the level of the respondents’ language anxiety in the following areas:
2.1 Communication Apprehension Anxiety,
2.2 Test Anxiety,
2.3 Negative Evaluation, and
2.4 Anxiety of English Classrooms?
3. Is there a significant difference on the level of the respondents’ language anxiety when grouped according to their profile?
4. What is the level of the respondents speaking proficiency?
5. Is there a significant effect of the respondents’ level of language anxiety to the respondents’ level of speaking proficiency?
6. What communication enrichment program can be proposed based on the findings of the study?
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