“An Analysis on Students’ Oral Communication Apprehension of English Department Students in Presentation Class at Riau Islamic University 2015 2016

The purpose of this research is to identify the level of oral communication apprehension experienced by the English students, to identify the causes, and to find out the consequence in Presentation class. This research was a descriptive research. It described a phenomenon found in Presentation class. The data were students’ score, the results of the interview, and the observation. The source of data were the 8th semester English students of Riau Islamic University. The finding showed that most of the English students experienced moderate level of Oral Communication Apprehension. However, there were few students who experienced the high level of Oral Communication Apprehension. There were some causes that reported in this research which are caused the presence of Oral Communication Apprehension such as the lack of the language skill, afraid of making mistakes, afraid of being laughed by the new audience, feeling nervous in front of the new audience self-confidence, the instructional setting (the material and the lecturer), and the cultural accepted. It was resulted some consequences. The students experienced mental block in which makes them avoid the task given. The students can not accomplish the task given smoothly. The students experienced communication disruption and tended to avoid the communication activity. Therefore, an intensive attention should be given by the lecturer in order to get the better outcome of learning.