An Investigation on the Language Anxiety and Fear of Negative Evaluation among Turkish EFL Learners

Autor/in	Aydin, Selami
Titel	An Investigation on the Language Anxiety and Fear of Negative Evaluation among Turkish EFL Learners
Quelle	(2008), S.421-444 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Correlation; Measures (Individuals); Fear; Anxiety; Teaching Methods; Student Evaluation; Student Attitudes; Second Language Instruction; Communication (Thought Transfer); Questionnaires; Scores; College Students; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Korrelation; Messdaten; Furcht; Angst; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Schülerverhalten; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Fragebogen; Collegestudent; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	Teachers' observations, students' experiences, and the review of related literature indicate that language anxiety is a significant factor adversely affecting the language learning process. Thus, this study aims to investigate the sources and levels of fear of negative evaluation as well as language anxiety among Turkish students as EFL learners, and to determine the correlation between the two. A foreign language anxiety scale and a scale for fear of negative evaluation were administered to a sample group of 112 foreign language learners. The collected data were used to provide a descriptive and correlational analysis. The results of the analysis indicated that EFL learners suffer from language anxiety and fear of negative evaluation. Furthermore, fear of negative evaluation itself was found to be a strong source of language anxiety. In light of the findings of the research, the following recommendations were noted: Firstly, in order to cope with anxiety, learning situations and context should be made less stressful. Effective communication is another way to relieve language anxiety. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10