THE INFLUENCE OF LISTENING ANXIETY TO LISTENING COMPREHENSION OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS OF SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This study was intended to investigate the influence of listeninganxiety on Students’
Listening Comprehension of English Education Study Program of Sriwijaya
University and (2) the contribution of students’ listening strategies and listening
anxiety to their listening comprehension. To do so, a correlational research design
was used for the study. The participants were the second, fourth and sixth semester
students. A strategy questionnaire and a listening comprehension test were employed
to collect the data. To analyze the data obtained, descriptive statistics and correlation
analysis were used. The findings revealed that the listening anxiety of the
participants and their listening comprehension skill was found to be significant.
listening anxiety gave significant influence to their listening comprehension