of language from the foreign language and master it
more quickly. Meanwhile, ethnic origin did not show
any effect on students' anxiety in learning English.
Based on the statistical analysis it was also
found that most of the students from Konjo and Jawa
shared a moderate level of anxiety in speaking
English. In addition, the results of the Spearman Rho
test with a final significant score of 0.471 were higher
than a significant value of 0.01, so it can be concluded
that there is no relationship between ethnicity and
students' anxiety levels in learning speaking English.
Based on the results of statistical analysis,
Students from Konjo ethnic has higher value of
anxiety level comparing to Java students. It can't be
denied that Konjo is a minority community in South
Sulawesi province, so their knowledge and interest of
English as a foreign language is low. different with
Java ethnic, as a majority community their knowldege
and interest of English learning is high. it effect to the
students'anxiety in learning egnlish. it is found that
there is no correlation between the ethnicity of the
students and their speaking anxiety. Mayasari (2013)
also found that there is no correlation between
student's anxiety with student's speaking performance
results. It is in line with Kempler et.all (1998) that
there is no effects of age, education, and ethnicity on
verbal fluency. On the contrary with Suardi, et. al
(2018) which found that the significance related
anxiety and gender differences which male anxiety is
affected by their thought while female anxiety is
affected by their feeling in a seminar presentation.
Last, it is not in line with Horwitz et al (1986) who
found that communication apprehension, test anxiety,
and fear of negative evaluation effected student's
achievement.
It is important for every student to have
motivation in public speaking. However, not a few
have negative problems with each other, such as
shyness and lack of confidence. Even though
speaking in English must often be practiced or trained
(Irawan, 2016). According to Nadila et al., (2020),
sometimes students are quite mature in their
knowledge of English, however, they are not yet
skilled in speaking English. So that this is one of the
causes of a feeling of lack of confidence.
Activities that can be done to develop English
language skills can be started with simple things. For
example, listening to English music, watching TV or
movies and listening to English radio, following
shows with English as the introduction, speaking
English all the time, reading books and newspapers in
English, and setting the language on the device in
English. Meanwhile, to improve English speaking
skills, activities are more focused on practicing
speaking (Pratiwi, 2014).
In theory, students have gotten and understood a
lot, but to apply and practice sometimes is still very
difficult in terms of speaking. To improve speaking
skills, students can make simple sentences with their
vocabulary, then practice in front of a mirror
(Mangaleswaran & Aziz, 2019). This activity can
increase self-confidence and psychologically increase
positive thinking.
According to Nur et al., (2021), not a few
students feel afraid when speaking English directly,
the reason is because of their thoughts. Haven't
practiced it yet, but already thought it would fail, be
laughed at, and even be criticized by the audience. the
most appropriate solution is to expel negative
thoughts and give suggestions to yourself that you
will succeed in this speaking exercise.
Another activity to improve English speaking
skills is to find friends to practice more. Students can
practice continuously. Students can practice alone or
with friends. Practicing alone is fine, but it's even
better to have a practice partner who can correct each
other when mistakes occur. Choose friends who have
the same goals as so that the practice goals of
increasing self-confidence can be realized.
According to Koran (2015), the good thing about
learning to speak is don't be afraid to make mistakes.
Mistakes are the best teacher. Without ever making a
mistake, you will never know how to be right. With
mistakes, you can learn from them so you don't do the
same thing again. Never be afraid to be wrong when
you speak, and don't get angry or angry if someone
criticizes you. Because criticism can evaluate to
improve oneself so that one can be even better in the
future. the more students practice and practice, the
greater the opportunity to minimize existing mistakes.
In addition to the technical factors above, there
are several things that affect students' ability to
practice speaking in English, especially during
actions on zoom screens, and creativity in online
learning, especially in assignments via social media,
such as Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok. and others.
Based on interviews with students from these two
tertiary institutions, it was found that different
cultures and the influence of habits, and interests in
using technology influence the courage to speak
English on zoom screens or video actions on social
media.
Social media is an alternative that educators can
use besides the e-learning model which has been
widely used as a form of remote learning
(Asrawijaya, 2020). Social media is an alternative
that educators can use besides the e-learning model