Research Article

The examination of the relationship between the speech anxiety and speaking skill attitudes of middle school students and the opinions of teachers on speech anxiety

Volume: 15 Number: 4 December 31, 2019
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The examination of the relationship between the speech anxiety and speaking skill attitudes of middle school students and the opinions of teachers on speech anxiety

Abstract

In this study, the relationship between the speech anxiety and speaking skill attitudes of middle school students and the reasons for students' speech anxiety, the conditions in which speech anxiety is observed, and the solutions of teachers were scrutinized. In the research, mixed method was used since it allows more in-depth examination. In this method, the sequential explanatory design was used. The first stage of the study was conducted with 546 middle school students in order to determine the relationship between the speech anxiety and speaking skill attitudes of middle school students. The second stage of the study was conducted with 20 teachers working in the same school that students are studying in order to determine the conditions that speech anxiety is observed, the reasons of these conditions, and the activities that teachers perform in order to eliminate speech anxiety with the opinions of teachers. The data collection tools of the study consist of personal information form, speech anxiety scale, speaking skill attitudes scale and interview form. In the analysis of the data, the IBM SPSS and MAXQDA 12 programs were used. According to the results of the study, there was a negative significant relationship between the speech anxiety and speaking skill attitudes of the students. Furthermore, teachers stated that they observe speech anxiety in students when they are speaking in front of a group, the reasons of speech anxiety are mostly the fear of being mocked and lack of self-confidence and that they create more appropriate speech subjects and anxiety environments in order to eliminate speech anxiety.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2019

Submission Date

October 15, 2019

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 15 Number: 4

APA
Tekşan, K., Mutlu, H. H., & Çinpolat, E. (2019). The examination of the relationship between the speech anxiety and speaking skill attitudes of middle school students and the opinions of teachers on speech anxiety. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 15(4), 1395-1412. https://doi.org/10.17263/jlls.668527
AMA
1.Tekşan K, Mutlu HH, Çinpolat E. The examination of the relationship between the speech anxiety and speaking skill attitudes of middle school students and the opinions of teachers on speech anxiety. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2019;15(4):1395-1412. doi:10.17263/jlls.668527
Chicago
Tekşan, Keziban, Hasan Hüseyin Mutlu, and Enes Çinpolat. 2019. “The Examination of the Relationship Between the Speech Anxiety and Speaking Skill Attitudes of Middle School Students and the Opinions of Teachers on Speech Anxiety”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 15 (4): 1395-1412. https://doi.org/10.17263/jlls.668527.
EndNote
Tekşan K, Mutlu HH, Çinpolat E (December 1, 2019) The examination of the relationship between the speech anxiety and speaking skill attitudes of middle school students and the opinions of teachers on speech anxiety. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 15 4 1395–1412.
IEEE
[1]K. Tekşan, H. H. Mutlu, and E. Çinpolat, “The examination of the relationship between the speech anxiety and speaking skill attitudes of middle school students and the opinions of teachers on speech anxiety”, Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 1395–1412, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.17263/jlls.668527.
ISNAD
Tekşan, Keziban - Mutlu, Hasan Hüseyin - Çinpolat, Enes. “The Examination of the Relationship Between the Speech Anxiety and Speaking Skill Attitudes of Middle School Students and the Opinions of Teachers on Speech Anxiety”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 15/4 (December 1, 2019): 1395-1412. https://doi.org/10.17263/jlls.668527.
JAMA
1.Tekşan K, Mutlu HH, Çinpolat E. The examination of the relationship between the speech anxiety and speaking skill attitudes of middle school students and the opinions of teachers on speech anxiety. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2019;15:1395–1412.
MLA
Tekşan, Keziban, et al. “The Examination of the Relationship Between the Speech Anxiety and Speaking Skill Attitudes of Middle School Students and the Opinions of Teachers on Speech Anxiety”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, vol. 15, no. 4, Dec. 2019, pp. 1395-12, doi:10.17263/jlls.668527.
Vancouver
1.Keziban Tekşan, Hasan Hüseyin Mutlu, Enes Çinpolat. The examination of the relationship between the speech anxiety and speaking skill attitudes of middle school students and the opinions of teachers on speech anxiety. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2019 Dec. 1;15(4):1395-412. doi:10.17263/jlls.668527