Foreign Language Anxiety Among Prospective Language Teachers
Öz
Considerable research on language anxiety has accumulated over the last 30 years indicating
negative correlations between language anxiety and target language performance and overall
success achieved in the target language. However, very little research has been conducted on
teacher language anxiety. This study investigates the causes and effects of language anxiety
experienced by anxious non-native student teachers. The findings indicate the participants
experience feelings of anxiety due to their fear of negative evaluation and concern over errors.
Language anxiety also appears to have a number of negative impacts on foreign language
instruction which have not been investigated before such as teachers’ avoiding speaking the
target language and teachers’ reluctance to use classroom activities that require spontaneous and
active target language use. Recommendations for helping student teachers overcome potential
feelings of foreign language anxiety are made as well as recommendations for researchers
interested in conducting future studies on teacher foreign language anxiety.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Türk Halk Bilimi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Danyal Öztaş Tüm
Bu kişi benim
Yayımlanma Tarihi
20 Eylül 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
10 Ekim 2018
Kabul Tarihi
10 Mart 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 25 Sayı: 97