Examination of Anxiety and Attitude Towards English Course

Year 2019, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 75 - 84, 15.12.2019

Murat Tuncer , Ahmet Egemen Akmençe

Abstract

The general aim of this study is to examine
anxiety and attitude towards foreign language course. The sample of the
research carried out according to the screening model within the scope of the
descriptive research constitutes a total 10, 11, and 12 grade 594 students
studying in state high schools in Elazığ province in the 2018-2019 academic
year. In the study, quantitative data were obtained by using two different
scales. The first one is foreign language anxiety scale. The other scale is
attitudes towards English lesson scale. Frequency, percentage and t test, ANOVA
and eta-square tests were used to analyze the quantitative data. The
relationship between the sub-dimensions of the scales was determined by Pearson
Correlation Test, the results obtained from the analysis of the data in the
research can be summarized as follows: In the context of anxiety which is the
first dependent variable of the study, there is a significant difference in
terms of gender in favor of male students. In the study, a positive relation
was found between anxiety and success, and it was concluded that anxiety was a
factor that increases success. When it comes to attitude which is another
dependent variable of the study, it has been determined that the male students
have higher attitude scores and finally there is a positive correlation between
achievement and attitude

Keywords

Foreign Language Anxiety

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