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Khouni, Ouarda; Gasim, Aboubaidah; Al Fahdi, Salah; Al Naabi, Ishaq – English Language Teaching, 2022
Research proved that anxiety plays an essential role in foreign language speaking, especially when it comes to speaking in front of others. Learners in the department of English always show a negative attitude in speaking presentations and tasks in full view of people. The aim of this paper is to investigate the factors that contribute to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Wafa Alamri; Fawaz Qasem – Cogent Education, 2024
There is a shortage of studies that have addressed speaking skill with relation to learners' anxiety in Saudi Arabia as EFL context. Therefore, the current study explored Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety (FLSA) in relation to gender within 64 male and 87 female undergraduate Saudi students from different levels. The study examined the causes of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Gender Differences
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Yentürk, Ceren; Dagdeviren-Kirmizi, Gülin – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
The purpose of this study is to investigate foreign language speaking anxiety in the Non-Native and Native Instructors' classroom. To this end, Horwitz, Horwitz & Cope's (1986) Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) was administered to 469 EFL learners studying at three universities in Ankara. The data was collected through a…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Likert Scales
Uzun, Kutay – Online Submission, 2017
Positive psychology is a significant determiner of successful learning outcomes, in whose absence learning may be negatively affected. In the case of compulsory English courses, it is suspected that negative psychology may outweigh its positive counterpart since many students indicate reluctance to attend those classes. In that respect, the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Higher Education
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Trang, Tran Thi Thu; Baldauf, Richard B., Jr.; Moni, Karen – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2013
Foreign language anxiety (FLA) has been found to exist in all of the cultures where it has been studied, yet the literature provides limited empirical evidence to indicate whether foreign language students and teachers, as the direct stakeholders in the phenomenon, are aware of it. This study investigated the extent to which foreign language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Anxiety, English (Second Language), Majors (Students)
Subasi, Gonca – Online Submission, 2010
This study was designed in order to investigate two potential sources of the anxiety of Turkish learners of English in oral practice:1) an individual student's fear of negative evaluation, and 2) his/her self-perceived speaking ability. A total of 55 first year students enrolling in Anadolu University, Education Faculty, ELT Department…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Measures (Individuals), Anxiety, Fear