Abstract:
This research is aimed at investigating students anxiety in classroom interaction
through Zoom cloud meeting and to investigate students perceptions of the use of
Zoom cloud meeting in classroom interaction. Anxiety is a strong influence that
interferes with the learning process to run well. Zoom cloud meeting is a
collaborative, cloud-based videoconferencing service offering features including
meetings, group messaging services, and secure recording of sessions. This
research implemented a qualitative approach. A case study was applied as a
research design. Research data were online classroom observation (nonparticipants observation) and interviews (semi-structured). The data analysis of
this research was transcribing data, coding, and concluding. The participant of
this research was chosen purposively and it is an English teacher and third-grade
students in Vocational high. The result from classroom observation determines 5
anxious students and it showed that the teacher give an impact on anxious
students especially when the teacher adds media such as PowerPoint during
classroom interaction through Zoom cloud meetings. Base on the result of the
interview concluded that Zoom cloud meetings as a platform give students
positive impacts to reduce their speaking anxiety in classroom interaction. This
study concludes that Zoom cloud meeting makes the students felt easier and be
confident to reduce their anxiety in classroom interaction. For further researchers,
it is hoped that they will be able to explore more about the effectiveness of using
Zoom cloud meeting to reduce students’ speaking anxiety in classroom
interaction.
Keywords: Anxiety, Speaking, Zoom Cloud Meeting
