the effect of computer anxiety and computer self-efficacy on iranian efl learners’ performance in the speaking section of the toefl ibt

over the last few years, role of computers has become a controversial issue in language learning. this study was designed to examine the impact of computer anxiety and computer self-efficacy on the speaking section of the toefl ibt test taken by intermediate efl learners. the researchers intended to find out, which var- iable i.e. computer anxiety and/or self-efficacy would result in better performance in speaking section of the toefl ibt. independent-samples t-test and anova were run to analyze the data. the results of the study demonstrated that computer anxiety and computer self-efficacy significantly affected the perfor- mance of iranian efl learners. computer anxiety and self-efficacy, however, function differently. the computer self-efficacy was more effective on iranian efl learners’ performance in the speaking section of the toefl ibt.