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Yu, Wen Hsuan; Thompson, Eustace G. – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2021
Second language anxiety is an emotional reaction that diminishes second language learners' academic performance. Researchers have identified cognitive and affective factors as contributors to students' classroom anxiety reactions, yet few studies have examined the concurrent effect of those factors. This study employed survey questionnaires to…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Anxiety
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Özer, Selda – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2020
The study investigated the mediating role of anxiety in the predictiveness of students' attitude and motivation on their achievements in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) classes. A total of number of 424 students at the Faculty of Tourism in a state university in Turkey participated in the study in the Spring Semester of 2017-2018 academic…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
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Ahmetovic, Emnijeta; Becirovic, Senad; Dubravac, Vildana – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2020
The aim of this study was to examine foreign language classroom anxiety and motivation to speak in English as a foreign language with respect to gender and grade level as well as their effects on students' EFL performance. The research sample comprised 160 (middle and high school) students. Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) and the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Gender Differences, Instructional Program Divisions
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Wei, Ming – TESL-EJ, 2007
This study examines the motivational pattern in relation to the anxiety of Chinese learners of English. Based on a survey consisting of an anxiety questionnaire and a motivation questionnaire, the findings revealed an unbalanced pattern of two types of motivation clusters that resembled the integrative-instrumental duality, with the level of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Correlation