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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
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Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Thirtle, Helen – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2009
The present study focuses on 79 young teenagers enrolled in foreign language (FL) classes in a London school. Having to decide whether to pursue the study of FLs, three groups emerged: those wishing to pursue FL classes, those having decided to abandon FL classes, and those still undecided about further FL study. A comparison of the three groups…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Secondary School Students
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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