The underlying factors of foreign language reading anxiety: Their effects on strategy use and orientation toward reading

Both positive and negative emotions have been the focus of a wealth language learning research in recent years. This can mostly be attributed to established links between an individual’s psychological responses, existing emerging from learning, processes they engage in, outcomes achieve. A look at advanced on anxiety, emotion that appears strongly involved has shown specific information about reading anxiety is comparatively insufficient. study, therefore, examines underlying factors Korean university students, using Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale. Subsequently, it explores how these are related strategy use (i.e., metacognitive, cognitive, support strategies) orientation toward reading, which demonstrates reader’s active involvement while reading. Three sub-factors were found: experienced during process English, confidence when English characters. Interestingly, or was found far more powerful contributor EFL readers’ metacognitive strategies degree than Pedagogical implications discussed.