A SURVEY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE READING ANXIETY AMONG SIXTH-GRADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT RIANGRAT UPPATHAM SCHOOL, REUSO DISTRICT, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND

Faza, Amelia (2025) A SURVEY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE READING ANXIETY AMONG SIXTH-GRADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT RIANGRAT UPPATHAM SCHOOL, REUSO DISTRICT, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND. Undergraduate thesis, State Islamic University of Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq Jember.

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Abstract

Reading is one of the most important academic skills to master. Learning to read English is an important academic task, but it is often a challenge for English foreign learners. Many Thai students, especially those in southern Thailand, experience anxiety when learning to read English, which can be characterized by restlessness, worry, and anxiety. Students reading anxiety may arise from several underlying factors. Therefore, recognizing the degree of anxiety they experience and the elements that contribute to it becomes crucial in addressing English reading anxiety. When these contributing factors are well understood, teachers can implement appropriate reading strategies to help lessen students’ anxiety and ultimately enhance their English reading achievement.
Therefore, the researcher decided on two research problems: 1) What is level of FLRA among sixth-grade students Riangrat Uppatham School? 2) What are the most common problems of FLRA among sixth-grade students Riangrat Uppatham School? From those, it can be concluded the research objectives of this research were 1) To identify the level of FLRA among sixth grade senior high school at Riangrat Uppatham School and 2) To describe the most common problems that causes sixth grade students to experience anxiety in learning reading foreign language.
This research design used survey research. The population of this study was sixth-grade students of Riangrat Uppatham School, Reuso District, Narathiwat, Thailand. The sampling technique of this research was total sampling with 69 students of sixth-grade. The researcher adopted the foreign language reading anxiety scale questionnaire, which contains 20 items by Saito, to check students reading anxiety levels. Meanwhile, to investigate common problems of foreign language reading anxiety in college students, researchers adopted Ahmad 28 items questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
The result of this study showed: 1) the level most experienced by 58% students was medium level of foreign language reading anxiety 2) the most common problems of foreign language reading anxiety from text features is unknown vocabulary with 34.49% of 69 students. Meanwhile, the most common problems of personal factors is discomfort when reading aloud, with 42.75%. It can be concluded, the finding of this research that most sixth-grade senior high school students at Riangrat Uppatham were in a medium level of reading anxiety, with most common problems are unknown vocabulary and discomfort when reading aloud.

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