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Liu, Hui-ju; Chen, Chien-wei – English Language Teaching, 2015
This study aimed to investigate EFL learner language anxiety and learning motivation of high school students. Subjects included 155 students from the same private senior high school in central Taiwan, 60 in academic track and 95 in vocational track. The majority of the participants started taking English lessons either before entering elementary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Vocational Education, Track System (Education)
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Alrabai, Fakieh – English Language Teaching, 2014
Feelings of anxiety are commonly expressed by Saudi learners in their English as a foreign language (EFL) classes. These feelings typically exert detrimental effects on these learners' foreign language attainment. This paper reports on the findings of a large-scale study for which three data collection iterations were conducted over three years to…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Serraj, Samaneh; Noordin, Noreen Bt. – English Language Teaching, 2013
Anxiety is an influential factor in a foreign language learning domain and plays a crucial role in language learners' performance. The following study was conducted to explore the possible impact of Foreign Language Anxiety and Foreign Language Listening Anxiety on language learners' listening skill. The researcher was interested to know the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension
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Huang, Shufen; Eslami, Zohreh; Hu, Rou-Jui Sophia – English Language Teaching, 2010
This study sought to shed light on the relationship between support (from teachers and peers) and foreign-language learners' anxiety. A total of 158 adult Taiwanese English-language learners completed three questionnaires: a background questionnaire, the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale, and the Classroom Life Measure. The results showed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Anxiety