Foreign language anxiety and performance of language learners in preparatory classes

Year 2013, Volume: 2 Issue: 3, 4 - 13, 31.07.2013

Ozkan Demirdas Derya Bozdoğan

https://doi.org/10.19128/turje.181060

Cited By: 4

Abstract

This study intended to determine whether there is a relationship between foreign language anxiety levels and language performance of 331 A1 level university preparatory students learning English as a foreign language in Turkey by Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale. Foreign language anxiety levels were measured by FLCAS, and language performance was determined by the achievement test scores. The findings of the study are: (1) the participants in the current study exhibited relatively low levels of anxiety in their English classes (2) female students were more apt to suffer from foreign language anxiety : (3) there was a statistically significant negative relationship between foreign language anxiety and language performance.

Keywords

Foreign language anxiety, language performance, gender

Hazırlık sınıflarında öğrenim gören yabancı dil öğrencilerinin yabancı dil endişeleri ve başarıları

Abstract

Bu çalışmada Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi, Dil Eğitimi Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezinde eğitim gören 331 A1 düzeyindeki üniversite hazırlık öğrencilerinin yabancı dil kaygı düzeyleri ile dil performansı arasında bir ilişki olup olmadığı araştırılmıştır. Öğrencilerin yabancı dil kaygı düzeylerinin belirlenmesi için Horwitz, Horwitz ve Cope (1986) tarafından hazırlanmış olan “Yabancı Dil Sınıf Kaygısı Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Öğrencilerin İngilizce başarı düzeyini belirlemek için de A1 seviyesi başarı sınavı sonuçları kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada elde edilen bulgular şunlardır: (1) araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin yabancı dil sınıf kaygılarının nispeten düşük olduğu (2) kız öğrencilerin yabancı dil öğrenme kaygı düzeylerinin erkek öğrencilere oranla daha yüksek olduğu ve (3) yabancı dil endişesi ve dil başarısı arasında anlamlı negatif bağlantı bulunduğudur.

Keywords

Yabancı Dil Kaygısı, dil başarısı, cinsiyet

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