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Direct linkSantos, Alaitz; Cenoz, Jasone; Gorter, Durk – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
The present study focuses on the link between three factors, proficiency, language certificates and bilingualism, and levels of communicative anxiety in the third language (English) in two groups of adult users, university students and young professionals. The first group consisted of 217 university students who were enrolled at the University of…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Anxiety, Questionnaires, English (Second Language)
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)
Download full textAlrabai, 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
Baran-Lucarz, Malgorzata – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2011
The construct of anxiety has been captivating the interest of SLA [second-language acquisition] researchers for a long time. Numerous observations show that most individuals experience anxiety when learning a foreign language (FL) and using it, both in classroom and real-life contexts, though to a different extent. An analysis of studies conducted…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Pronunciation, Hypothesis Testing
Suwantarathip, Ornprapat; Wichadee, Saovapa – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010
The purposes of this study were to examine the effectiveness of cooperative learning approach in reducing foreign language anxiety and to investigate its impact on language proficiency of 40 sophomore students enrolled in EN 211 course in the second semester of 2009 academic year at Bangkok University. Three instruments employed were the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Achievement Tests, Cooperative Learning
Frantzen, Diana; Magnan, Sally Sieloff – Foreign Language Annals, 2005
This study considered true beginners and false beginners in first-semester university French and Spanish classes to: (a) determine whether true beginners and false beginners differ in anxiety, grades, and plans to continue language study; and (b) identify classroom factors that foster anxiety or comfort. Students completed a questionnaire that…
Descriptors: Anxiety, French, Spanish, Second Language Instruction
