INTRODUCTION To assess anxiety levels in mothers with low-risk pregnancies before and after offering routine serum screening. METHODS A prospective study was carried out at the Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital in Singapore from February 2000 to August 2000. We used standard statistical analysis and Spielberger's state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) which consists of 40 items to ...

Speaking is the act of conveying information or expressing ideas and feelings in spoken English. Anxiety becomes a barrier to language mastery. This study analyse students' speaking anxiety research used quantitative methods. Researchers selected class B third semester consisting 40 English Language Education students taken with purpossive sampling. Research instrument are obtain data from ques...

This study aims to investigate whether students with introverted and extroverted personalities have significantly different levels of anxiety or not. involved 59 the English Education Study Program at one state universities in North Sumatra. Samples were taken randomly from five classes sixth semester who took Public Speaking course. Semi-structured technique was used data collection. The proce...

Second language (L2) learners are very keen to master speaking in their L2, and this is among the most important of all skills. However, anxiety a major obstacle successful L2 learning. This study was designed investigate university-level students’ attitudes towards English experience anxiety. 81 participants who majored with an average age 21.8 years were recruited. The researcher co...