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Publication Date: 1992
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The Predictive Validation of an Instrument Designed to Measure Student Anxiety in Learning a Foreign Language.
Sanchez-Herrero, Silvia A.; Sanchez, Ma del Pilar
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v52 n4 p961-66 Win 1992
A study with 118 male and 87 female junior high school students in Spain using a scale developed to assess anxiety among Spanish students associated with learning a second language found a relationship between low anxiety and superior performance in the second language (English). The scale obtained predictive validity. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Attitude Measures, Cognitive Ability, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Language Proficiency, Predictive Validity, Rating Scales, Regression (Statistics), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Spanish Speaking, Test Construction
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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