Pagkabalisasa Pagsasalita Gamit ang Wikang Filipino ng mga mag-aaralsa Piling Paaralansa Zamboanga Peninsula

ABSTRACT: In the past two decades, there has been a lot of research regarding second language or foreign language anxiety. This study aims to reveal the factors affecting speaking anxiety using the Filipino language among students in selected schools on the Zamboanga Peninsula. The researcher used a ―descriptive research design,‖ which used questionnaires or survey questionnaires to collect data. The participants in this study were 30 teachers from junior high schools in some selected schools in Zamboanga City. Based on the collected results and data, the researchers present the following conclusion: From the 30 respondents, junior high school teachers were the evaluators of the students’ speaking performances. It appears from the indications that there is speech anxiety, which is possessed by every student involved in the study. It simply indicates that feeling anxious about speaking is only natural and inevitable for a speaker to feel. This is reflected in his behavior while performing. In this reality, as teachers, it is necessary to have a wide awareness and understanding of every feeling of anxiety when speaking to students. It can also be seen from the data gathered that when the student feels anxiety, which can be seen in his performance behavior, it affects his overall performance, which can cause low marks according to the standard.

Keywords -Anxiety, Language, Speaking, Reading, Filipino