Essays about: "Foreign language classroom anxiety scale"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Foreign language classroom anxiety scale.

  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

  3. 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

  4. 3. Foreign language anxiety among young Swedish EFL learners : A mixed method study in primary school years 1-3

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för hälsa, lärande och teknik

    Author : Linnéa Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Foreign language anxiety; Foreign language anxiety scale; Swedish Primary school; Unwillingness to communicate; Young EFL Learners.;

    Abstract : This study investigated Swedish primary school EFL learners' foreign language anxiety in years 1-3 by using mixed-method research. The aim of this study was to illustrate what factors caused foreign language anxiety (FLA) and unwillingness to communicate among the second language learners. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. Speech is silver and silence is golden? : An investigating study regarding a group of Swedish eighth-grade students´ perceived foreign language speaking anxiety.

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Johanna Löfvenius; [2020]
    Keywords : foreign language speaking anxiety; perceived anxiety; anxiety level;

    Abstract : This investigating and comparative study aimed to demonstrate the perceived foreign language speaking anxiety among a specific group of eight-grade compulsory school students, attending an International English school in the south of Sweden. The study also aimed to explore the potential relationship between the students´ perceived foreign language speaking anxiety and the students´ gender. READ MORE