Pengaruh Kecemasan terhadap Pemahaman Mendengarkan pada Mahasiswa Semester V Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Universitas Dayanu Ikhsanuddin = The Effect of Anxiety Toward Listening Comprehension at Fifth Semester Students of English Education Study Program Dayanu Ikhsanuddin University

The research aims to elaborate the students' anxiety level and its effect on the listening comprehension level of the Fifth Semester Students of English Education Study Program, Dayanu Ikhsanuddin University. This was the quantitative research involving data collection and analysis. The number of samples was 45 students who were selected using the random sampling technique and they were the total populations of all fifth semester students. A closed-ended questionnaire was used as the research instrument to obtain the data regarding the students' anxiety level. The data were then analyzed using the statistical tool having been standardized by other researcher in this fields.
The research result indicates that four general categories of anxiety appear. These include the listening anxieties related to the foreign language input characteristics, processing related to the foreign language aspects, personal factors, instructional factors. The findings indicate that the anxieties are included in the relatively high level for all samples. This anxiety level causes the low performance in the listening test stating that the students have the poor ability in their receptive skill. The regression analysis clearly indicates that there is the significant effect of the listening anxiety and comprehension. The findings lead to the pedagogical implication which requires the teachers to overcome the students' anxiety prior classroom learning.
Keywords : Listening anxiety, listening ability