Research Proposal

1. Heart Beats Faster:
Speaking Anxiety
Among KPTM-UiTM
ESL’s Students
SULIZA BINTI ZAINON
AZNAN

2. INTRODUCTION
 English language is one most used language in the world
with 335 millions users around the globe (Hammond,
2012).
 According to EF English Proficiency Index (2014), Malaysia
ranked the 13th place among 63 countries in the world
and recognized as high proficiency speakers.

3. BACKGROUND OF RESEARCH
 Speaking anxiety is debilitative to the learners.
 48% of employers who participated in Jobstreet.com’s
survey stated that poor English is the main reason for fresh
graduates umemployment (Aruna, 2011).
 FLCAS (Foreign Language Class Anxiety Scale) will be
used to identify the anxiety level and what causes it.

4. PROBLEM STATEMENT
 Speaking in L2 (English) tends to be very stressful for some.
 According to Siti Haryati binti Che Ya (2007), local students
afraid to speak in English and have a low self confidence
when speaking in English.
 The cause of high level of anxiety in learning English should be
further investigated (Zgutowicz, 2009).
 The educators should have a better understanding of the
learners in order to minimize speaking anxiety (Öztürk and
Gürbüz, 2014)

5. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
I. Identify the levels of speaking anxiety among KPTM-
UiTM students in English language learning.
II. Identify the causes of the anxiety.
III. Suggest ways to minimize the anxiety in communicating
in English.

6. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
I. What is the level of speaking anxiety among KPTM- UiTM
students in English language learning?
II. What are the causes of this anxiety?
III. How to minimize the anxiety in communicating in
English?

7. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
IV
DV 1
DV 2 DV 3

8. RESEARCH DESIGN
I. A quantitative research.
II. Adopts survey designs.
III. The sample will be among KPTM- UiTM’s students of
semester 2; enrolled to MGT 269 subject.

9. RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS
RESEARCH QUESTIONS INSTRUMENTS
I. What is the level of speaking anxiety
among KPTM- UiTM students in English
language learning?
Questionnaires (close- ended)
II. What are the causes of this anxiety? Questionnaires (open-ended)
III. How to minimize the anxiety in
communicating in English?
Questionnaires (open- ended)

10. DATA ANAYSIS
RESEARCH QUESTIONS INSTRUMENTS DATA ANALYSIS
I. What is the level of
speaking anxiety among
KPTM- UiTM students in
English language
learning?
Questionnaires (close- ended) Frequency, mean, standard
deviation.
II. What are the causes of
this anxiety?
Questionnaires (open-ended) Frequency, mean, standard
deviation.
III. How to minimize the
anxiety in communicating
in English?
Questionnaires (open- ended) Frequency, mean, standard
deviation.