STUDENTS’ ANXIETY FACTORS OF ORAL STORYTELLING COMPETITION IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN BANDA ACEH-ACEH BESAR

This study uses a Qualitative method with a case study type of research. The research subjects were 6 participants from the storytelling competition. Data collection used observation sheets and interviews. The results of the study showed that from the results of observations of seventeen symptoms, several symptoms were not found by researchers in the participants, namely playing with hair, speaking too slowly, reading the script while performing, and a pale face. Other symptoms such as trembling, avoiding eye contact, playing with clothes, sweating, nervousness when touching objects, blushing, rubbing palms, trembling voice, speaking too fast, tense, confused, restless, and stuttering in communication were found by researcher in participants during the storytelling performance. Based on the interview results, four determinants of anxiety in the storytelling competition were found. These factors are fear of making mistakes, fear of being criticized, fear of forgetting vocabulary, and worry about appearance or physical appearance that affect students in the oral storytelling competition.