Essays about: "Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale FLCAS"

Found 5 essays containing the words Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale FLCAS.

  1. 1. Investigating Foreign Language Anxiety in the Swedish English as Foreign Language Classroom. A quantitative study on the effects of FLA in the Swedish EFL upper secondary school context

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

    Author : Max Skeppstedt; [2022-08-03]
    Keywords : Foreign Language Anxiety; Swedish EFL Context; Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale; Swedish upper secondary school;

    Abstract : Anxiety as an affective variable has been studied since the middle of the 20th century. Research on anxiety in the language learning context was unified in the 1980s when Horwitz, Horwitz, and Cope (1986) published their article on the construct of Foreign Language Anxiety. READ MORE

  2. 2. Students’ Perspectives on Verbal Engagement in the EFL Classroom

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

    Author : Pernilla Farmakas Westphal; [2022]
    Keywords : Verbal production; Foreign language anxiety; Foreign language classroom anxiety scale; Stable influences; Situational influences; Willingness to communicate;

    Abstract : This study sought eight grade students’ experiences of verbal production in the English classroom. From the perspectives of foreign language anxiety (FLA) and willingness to communicate (WTC), what are the students' experiences of verbal production, in what situations are students willing to communicate and in what situations are they not? A quantitative study was conducted using a self-report paper questionnaire, consisting of Nilsson’s (2019) modified version of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) in conjunction with open-ended questions. READ MORE

  3. 3. Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety among EFL Leaners in Swedish Lower Secondary Schools

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Abdullah Amouna; [2021]
    Keywords : English-as-a-foreign-language EFL ; foreign language anxiety FLA ; foreign language speaking anxiety FLSA ; language anxiety LA ; fear of negative evaluation FNE ;

    Abstract : Language anxiety (LA) is “the worry and negative emotional reaction when learning and using a second language and is especially relevant in a classroom where self-expression takes place” (Gregersen & MacIntyre, 2014, p. 14). READ MORE

  4. 4. Foreign language anxiety among Swedish lower and upper secondary school students : A case study

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Philip Landström; [2017]
    Keywords : Foreign Language Anxiety FLA ; English as a Foreign Language EFL ; Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale FLCAS ; Swedish learners of English; Foreign Language Anxiety FLA ; Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale FLCAS ; språkängslan; engelska som främmande språk; svenska engelskstudenter;

    Abstract : In classrooms all over the world, there are students who fear the attention of both teachers and peers alike. Anxiety is a cause for such fears and in foreign language classrooms it can be prevalent. READ MORE

  5. 5. Foreign language anxiety among Chinese senior middle schoolstudents : A case study

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Philip Landström; [2015]
    Keywords : Foreign Language Anxiety FLA ; English as a Foreign Language EFL ; Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale FLCAS ; Chinese learners of English; Foreign Language Anxiety FLA ; Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale FLCAS ; språkängslan; engelska som främmande språk; kinesiska engelskstudenter;

    Abstract : Anyone who has been learning a new language knows the feeling of anxiety when facedwith the task to use it in the classroom and in real life. Foreign Language Anxiety isconcept developed by Horwitz et al. (1986) to describe and measure this specific form ofanxiety. READ MORE