Language Anxiety among Gifted Learners in Malaysia

Autor/inn/en	Kamarulzaman, Mohd Hasrul; Ibrahim, Noraniza; Yunus, Melor Md; Ishak, Noriah Mohd
Titel	Language Anxiety among Gifted Learners in Malaysia
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 6 (2013) 3, S.20-29 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Gifted; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Foreign Countries; Anxiety; Communication (Thought Transfer); Correlation; Surveys; Student Attitudes; Gender Differences; Secondary School Students; Statistical Analysis; Likert Scales; Malaysia; Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Begabter, Hoch Begabter; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausland; Angst; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Korrelation; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Schülerverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sekundarschüler; Statistische Analyse; Likert-Skala
Abstract	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 gifted learners' English language anxiety in ESL setting, by surveying 119 gifted learners of PERMATApintar National Gifted Center (PpNGC), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia. The result shows that gifted learners have certain level of language anxiety in English language setting; that language anxiety negatively correlates with gifted learners' English language performance; and that female gifted learners indicate higher language anxiety than males. Finally, this paper provides some insights towards minimizing gifted learners' language anxiety in English language environment. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01