DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.48181/jelts.v5i2.16739 150| JELTS Vol. 5 No. 2, 2022 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Students’ Anxieties in EFL Speaking Class Ridho Hafizh Firdaus 1 , Wawan Wahyudin 2 , Tatu Siti Rohbiah 3 1,2,3 Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten ridhohafizh94@gmail.com Submitted: August 25, 2022 Revised: October 16, 2022 Accepted: October 20, 2022 Abstract This study is focused on identifying the factor of students’ anxiety and solution to reduce anxiety in speaking English at the third Semester Students of English Education Department of Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten in Academic Year 2021/2022. The formulated problems of this study were: (1) What are the causes of students’ anxiety in speaking English? (2) How are the solutions to reduce students’ anxiety in speaking English? The method used qualitative method. The participants of this study were third semester students majoring in English Education at Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten. The data were gathered through questionnaire and interview. The results of this study: first, personal and interpersonal students’ fear in speaking English cause low self-confidence. Second, the students’ perceptions, they fell apprehensive about speaking in front of the class. Third, lecturer-students interaction, the students sensed anxiety when they don't understand what the lecturer is correcting. The last is the lack of preparation, according to the students; they are concerned about their lack of preparation for tests or speaking in front of the class. The solution to reduce anxiety; the students said trying to be confident, preparing material, and they don't be scared to make mistakes when speaking because correcting the errors will help them speak more confident. Keywords: anxiety, EFL, speaking skill Introduction Speaking is one of the abilities that students learning English, particularly those in the English education department, must develop. Florez (1999) says that speaking is an interactive process in constructing meaning that involves generating and receiving and processing information especially in speaking ability. In addition, Rajitha and Alamelu (2020) that the most basic and successful way of human communication is speaking. It is a means of exchanging ideas, points of view, views, and other information between people. As a result, speaking is a vital skill that must be learned in language classes, students would be able to communicate information/ideas to others as well as receive information with this ability. When learning a foreign language (English), language learners are often confronted with issues such as anxiety. Sadiq (2017), said that language anxiety is recognized as an affective factor in foreign language learning Anxiety is a common problem among English students, particularly when speaking the language. Anxiety is one type of emotional condition that can have a significant impact on EFL students' academic performance. Based on the research problem, this research focuses of the study anxiety in Speaking English, as well as a solution or methods for coping with anxiety.