A Study on Language Anxiety and Fear of Negative Evaluation among Secondary Level Language Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Malini, K.; Janakavalli, C.
Titel	A Study on Language Anxiety and Fear of Negative Evaluation among Secondary Level Language Teachers
Quelle	In: Journal on English Language Teaching, 8 (2018) 3, S.43-51 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2231-3338
Schlagwörter	Anxiety; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Proficiency; Communication (Thought Transfer); Language Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Correlation; Personality Traits; Teacher Qualifications; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Marital Status; Fear; Teacher Evaluation; Teacher Surveys; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Angst; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerverhalten; Korrelation; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Lehrqualifikation; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familienstand; Furcht; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Indien
Abstract	Language anxiety is the feeling of anxiety, worry, nervousness, and apprehension proficiency in learning or using a second or foreign language. The feelings may branch from any second language structure whether it is related with the innovative skills of speaking and writing or the receptive skills of reading and listening. Fear of negative evaluation is observed among English language teachers when they are incompetent of assembly and lack of proper social thought, which is an apprehension towards evaluations by others and preclusion of evaluative situations. This study focused on the language anxiety and fear of negative evaluation of secondary school language teachers in Salem district. The investigator adopted normative survey method. Language anxiety and fear of negative evaluation questionnaire was the tool used for data collection. 90 secondary level language teachers were taken as the sample of the study using purposive sampling technique. Descriptive and inferential analyses were used for analyzing the data. This study aims to examine the language anxiety and fear of negative evaluation in secondary level language teachers. The findings of the study showed that there is significant high positive relationship between language anxiety and fear of negative evaluation among secondary level of language teachers. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01