Assessing Language Anxiety in EFL Students with Varying Degrees of Motivation.

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Hui-ju; Cheng, Shu-hua
Titel	Assessing Language Anxiety in EFL Students with Varying Degrees of Motivation.
Quelle	In: Electronic journal of foreign language teaching, 11 (2014) 2, S. 285-299 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anhang; Tabellen 7
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0219-9874
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Angst; Motivation; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Englischunterricht; Taiwan
Abstract	This study aims to further the understanding of the relationship between two affective learner variables: language anxiety and motivation. The research sample was comprised of university EFL freshmen who were placed into different proficiency levels for required English classes. Results of the data analysis established that anxiety levels were significantly lower when students had a higher degree of motivation. The relation between anxiety and motivation was found to be stronger than that of between language proficiency and motivation. Out of the three proficiency levels, the strongest association between anxiety and motivation existed was seen among advanced-level students. Learner attitude was also found to have a relatively stronger association with anxiety than the other motivational components for students at this proficiency level. The findings suggested that the combination of speaking anxiety and fear of negative evaluation acted as a primary source of language anxiety in the Taiwanese EFL classroom. However, the other anxiety subcomponent, general anxiety about English classes, was found to have the strongest connection with learner motivation. (Verlag).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2