The issue of anxiety and its impact on the
receptive skills has revolved around EFL and ESL
context, and there have been alot have been revealed
regarding the issue. This research addresses the levels of
students’ anxieties and their effect on the levels of
listening comprehension on the fifth-semester students of
English Education Study Program at University of
Dayanu Ikhsanuddin. A quantitative research design was
developed in performing the research processes that
involved data collection and analysis. The sample size was
determined by involving 45 students by means of random
sampling to represent the total population of all fifth
semester students. As a study measure, a closed-ended
questionnaire was used to collect data on the level of
anxiety of the students. The data were then analyzed by
utilizing statistical tool that has been standardized by
other researchers in this field. The findings indicate that
four general categories of anxiety were emerging. These
include listening anxiety due to features of foreign
language input, processing of foreign language related
elements, personal factors, and educational factors. The
findings demonstrate that anxiety belonged to a relatively
high level in all the samples. These anxiety levels led to the
underperformance in the listening test, claiming that they
have poor receptive skill ability. Regression analysis
clearly demonstrated that Anxiety and listening
comprehension have had a major impact. The findings
lead to pedagogical implication that require teachers to
overcome students’ anxiety prior to classroom instruction
Keywords : Listening Anxiety, Listening Comprehension, English Education