Overcoming Anxiety in English Language Learning Through Drama Performance

T Ramadhani
dhanitj83@gmail.com
English Department, Universitas Madura Pamekasan
DOI: 10.24071/seadr.2019.20

Abstract: Anxiety becomes one of the top emotional encounters a person could have (Suleimenova, 2013: 1860). Anxiety towards learning English is very common among Indonesian students, especially at Universitas Madura Pamekasan. The process of studying literature is the most beneficial than another thing, it is true that some people read literature for pleasure and enjoyment, but if we study literature more for that purpose, indeed we lose the life experience that we might never endure in the real life. The writer tries to decrease student anxiety through one of the literary works, Drama. The study is design to obtain information concerning the current status of the phenomena and it exists at the time of the study. The participants of the study were 21 students at 5th semester, English Department. After performing the Drama, most of the students become more confident and off course increase their motivation in learning English.

Keywords: EFL Learners, Anxiety, Drama, English Language Learning

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Overcoming Anxiety in English Language Learning Through Drama Performance

Ramadhani, T. (2020). Overcoming Anxiety in English Language Learning Through Drama Performance. In Y. D. Kristanto, A. H. Panuluh, B. Utomo, & P. Angelina (Eds.), Companion Proceedings of the 7th South East Asia Design Research International Conference (SEADRIC 2019) (pp. 145–149). Yogyakarta: Sanata Dharma University Press. doi: 10.24071/seadr.2019.20


Ramadhani, Tjitra. “Overcoming Anxiety in English Language Learning Through Drama Performance.” Companion Proceedings of the 7th South East Asia Design Research International Conference (SEADRIC 2019), edited by Yosep Dwi Kristanto et al., Sanata Dharma University Press, Yogyakarta, 2020, pp. 145–149.


Ramadhani, Tjitra. “Overcoming Anxiety in English Language Learning Through Drama Performance.” In Companion Proceedings of the 7th South East Asia Design Research International Conference (SEADRIC 2019), edited by Yosep Dwi Kristanto, Albertus Hariwangsa Panuluh, Beni Utomo, and Patricia Angelina, 145–49. Yogyakarta: Sanata Dharma University Press, 2020. https://doi.org/10.24071/seadr.2019.20.


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