This study was purposed to investigate speaking anxiety of English Department Students in UIN Walisongo during presentation. The subject of the study were freshmen in English Department, whose 1C Class. Specifically, the researcher attempt to identify what are the factors that may contribute to anxiety in English learning environment based on students' perspective.
The method used in this study was descriptive qualitative method. Forty one students of 1C was selected to be participants. The data were gathered through questionnaire and semi- structured interviews. The most commonly used tool for assessing FLA is the FLCAS (Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale) developed by Horwitz et al. (1986). A modified version of FLCAS was used in this study. The original version of FLCAS is a 33-item, 5-point likert-scale instrument ranged from (strongly disagree to strongly agree) measuring students language anxiety.
The result of the study showed that anxiety was exist in freshmen of UIN Walisongo Semarang in specifically in 1C of English Department. It can be seen from the result of mean score of questionnaire’s result that the average score of student anxiety existence of FLCAS is in the existing class, which is 39.025. The result of factors that contribute to students’ speaking anxiety during presentation were overthinking, lack of preparation, bad experience, low proficiency, low self- confidence, afraid of making mistakes, and test.