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Chao, Chung-yi; Fan, Sa-hui – English Language Teaching, 2020
Elementary-level English teachers in Taiwan were facing problems caused by students' bimodal distribution of English achievements. Many of the teachers tried new teaching tools to eliminate the obstacles of teaching. This study was based on a quasi-experimental research design and supplemented by qualitative feedback to explore how the new…
Descriptors: Games, Anxiety, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Nakamura, Hiroko; Nomura, Kazuhiro; Saeki, Namie – English Language Teaching, 2020
This study investigated the influence of communication apprehension and anxiety in second-language (L2) learning on oral performance of Japanese university students in terms of F0 (fundamental frequency) analysis. The participants were English-major students (3 males and 6 females) who presented at an oral communication festival for university…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Yassin, Amr Abdullatif; Razak, Norizan Abdul – English Language Teaching, 2018
This study aimed at investigating the level of foreign language anxiety experienced by Yemeni University EFL students. Although many scales have been developed to measure the level of anxiety, each scale investigates anxiety in one skill except Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) which investigates anxiety mainly in speaking and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety
Khouni, Ouarda; Gasim, Aboubaidah; Al Fahdi, Salah; Al Naabi, Ishaq – English Language Teaching, 2022
Research proved that anxiety plays an essential role in foreign language speaking, especially when it comes to speaking in front of others. Learners in the department of English always show a negative attitude in speaking presentations and tasks in full view of people. The aim of this paper is to investigate the factors that contribute to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Cakici, Dilek – English Language Teaching, 2016
The main aim of this study was to investigate the correlation among test anxiety (TA), foreign language anxiety (FLA) and language achievement of university preparatory students learning English as a foreign language. The sample of the research consisted of 301 (211 females, 90 males) attending a one-year EFL preparatory school at Ondokuz Mayis…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Test Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Balla, Asjad Ahmed Saeed – English Language Teaching, 2017
This paper investigates the level of anxiety due to learning English as a foreign language. It tries to answer these questions: (1) Is anxiety a factor in hindering English proficiency? (2) Does anxiety lead to fear of communication? (3) Which type of anxiety is high among tertiary level female Saudi students? The Foreign Language Anxiety…
Descriptors: Anxiety, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Females
Liu, Yuanyuan – English Language Teaching, 2020
Writing anxiety is one of the most essential factors influencing language learning. The current study is to explore the effect of sentence-making practice on reducing writing anxiety of two classes of adult EFL learners, one in low-intermediate level (LI learners), the other in high-intermediate level (HI learners). Two classes received two-week…
Descriptors: Writing Apprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Martirossian, Armineh; Hartoonian, Anahid – English Language Teaching, 2015
Foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) and self-regulated learning strategies (SRLSs) are important factors that influence language learning process in negative and positive ways respectively. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between FLCA and SRLSs. To this end, 100 university students majoring in TEFL were selected. For…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Correlation
Liu, Hui-ju; Chen, Chien-wei – English Language Teaching, 2015
This study aimed to investigate EFL learner language anxiety and learning motivation of high school students. Subjects included 155 students from the same private senior high school in central Taiwan, 60 in academic track and 95 in vocational track. The majority of the participants started taking English lessons either before entering elementary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Vocational Education, Track System (Education)
Jing, Huang; Junying, Zhang – English Language Teaching, 2016
Anxiety experienced in the course of learning a foreign language is specific and unique (Horwitz et al., 1986; MacIntyre & Gardner, 1989). This paper reports a study on anxiety in Chinese undergraduate non-English majors at three different proficiency levels in a three-week immersion summer camp. By way of survey, interviews, reflective…
Descriptors: Anxiety, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Asians
Kamarulzaman, Mohd Hasrul; Ibrahim, Noraniza; Yunus, Melor Md; Ishak, Noriah Mohd – English Language Teaching, 2013
Language anxiety has significantly sparked great concern in the second and foreign language learning world. Researches have found negative correlation between language anxiety and academic achievement of English language learners; and, most of the studies focus on average school students and tertiary level students. This paper, however, explores…
Descriptors: Gifted, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
Alrabai, Fakieh – English Language Teaching, 2014
Feelings of anxiety are commonly expressed by Saudi learners in their English as a foreign language (EFL) classes. These feelings typically exert detrimental effects on these learners' foreign language attainment. This paper reports on the findings of a large-scale study for which three data collection iterations were conducted over three years to…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Liu, Hui-ju; Chen, Ting-Han – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study mainly investigates language anxiety and its relationship to the use of learning strategies and multiple intelligences among young learners in an EFL educational context. The participants were composed of 212 fifth- and sixth-graders from elementary schools in central Taiwan. Findings indicated that most participants generally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies
Serraj, Samaneh; Noordin, Noreen Bt. – English Language Teaching, 2013
Anxiety is an influential factor in a foreign language learning domain and plays a crucial role in language learners' performance. The following study was conducted to explore the possible impact of Foreign Language Anxiety and Foreign Language Listening Anxiety on language learners' listening skill. The researcher was interested to know the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension
Yaikhong, Kriangkrai; Usaha, Siriluck – English Language Teaching, 2012
The present study contributes to developing a Public Speaking Class Anxiety Scale (PSCAS) to measure anxiety in the EFL public speaking class in the Thai context. Items were adopted from previous scales: Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) by Horwitz et al. (1986); Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24) and Personal…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Anxiety, Measures (Individuals), English (Second Language)
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