The Relationship between Listening Anxiety and Listening Comprehension of English Department Students in Basic Listening Classes at Universitas Negeri Padang

Listening anxiety which makes someone feel tensions, fear, uncomfortable, and worry was suspected to affect students' comprehension in listening class. Therefore, this research aimed to find the relationship between listening anxiety and listening comprehension of English department students who had taken the Basic Listening class at Universitas Negeri Padang. The type of research used in this research was correlation research. The population of this research was the secondyear students in Basic Listening Class of English Department. The sample was 60 students who were chosen randomly from the total population using Simple Random Sampling. The data were collected through a questionnaire and an English listening comprehension test using Basic Listening final examination test. The results showed that Foreign Language Listening Anxiety (FLLA) and Listening Comprehension (LC) did not have any correlation (Sig. (2-tailed) = 0.059) which indicates the two variable of the research (listening anxiety and listening comprehension) did not necessarily affect each other. In other words, when a student has a high listening anxiety, it does not mean that their listening comprehension is low, and when a student has a low listening anxiety, it does not mean that they have a good listening comprehension. Further research related to listening comprehension and listening anxiety is suggested to do using a primary instrument for the listening comprehension test.