A Survey Of Foreign Language Test Anxiety Of Efl Vocational High School Students

Abstract

This study explores the anxiety of vocational high school students when carrying out a foreign language test. This study aims to determine the English level of test anxiety in the EFL context among vocational high school students. This study was designed as a survey study by adapting the Test Anxiety Scale (TAS) questionnaire developed by Sarason (1984). The questionnaire consists of 22 items. This study used SPSS and Microsoft Excel to analyze the data to obtain descriptive statistical calculations, then it is known by sorting the 3 items with the highest mean of the participants’ scores. Participants in this study comprised 168 students consisting of 90 male and 78 female students. All participants were 12thgrade students. Findings show that students' responses to the TAS item revealed the highest three items regarding the highest anxiety level on item 21 (I worry when I am not prepared well) with mean (M= 3.31 and SD= 1.43), The second highest anxiety level is found in item 17 (When I have bad grades, I study less) with mean (M=3.16 and SD= 1.30), and the third highest anxiety level in item 11 (During the test, I forget what I know) with mean (M= 3.07 and SD= 1.24). The result imply that students need more preparation and practice to manage their stress, and also when they are more prepared, they will be more relaxed when taking the test.