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A Longitudinal Study of Foreign Language Reading Anxiety and Its Predicting Effects on Chinese University Students' Reading English Performance
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Liu, Meihua; Dong, Lianqi – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2023
The present longitudinal study examined the changes in foreign language reading anxiety and its predicting effects on Chinese university students' reading English performance. The 29-item Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale (FLRAS), a background questionnaire and a reading quiz were administered to two intact classes of an English Reading…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Predictor Variables
The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale and Academic Achievement: An Overview of the Prevailing Literature and a Meta-Analysis
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Botes, Elouise; Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Greiff, Samuel – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2020
Foreign language learners experience a unique type of anxiety during the language learning process: Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA). This situation-specific anxiety is frequently examined alongside academic achievement in foreign language courses. The present meta-analysis examined the relationship between FLCA measured through the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Academic Achievement, Correlation
Can Ambiguity Tolerance, Success in Reading, and Gender Predict the Foreign Language Reading Anxiety?
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Genç, Gülten – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
The present study focuses on the relationship between reading anxiety and ambiguity tolerance of 295 Turkish EFL learners of English (180 females, 115 males). Data were collected using the Turkish version of FLRAS and SLTAS in 2015-2016 academic year. The overall design of the study was based on the quantitative research method. Data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Anxiety, Reading Skills