INHIBITION IN SPEAKING PERFORMANCE

Abstract

The most common problem encountered by the learner in the language
acquisition process is learner inhibition. Inhibition refers to a temperamental
tendency to display wariness, fearfulness, or restrain in response to
unfamiliar people, objects, and situations. There are some factors that cause
inhibition, such as lack of motivation, shyness, self-confidence, self-esteem,
and language ego. There are also levels of inhibition, it refers to kinds of
inhibition and caused of inhibition itself. Teacher can support their students
to reduce their inhibition effect by many ways, one of them by creating good
classroom management including establishing good rapport between teacher
and learners.
Keywords: Inhibition, Speaking Performance.