Exploring language learners’ anxiety is not a neglected area of inquiry in applied linguistics research, which can primarily be attributed to the publication Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS), an influential instrument developed by Horwitz et al. (1986) measure anxiety. An ever-growing array studies has employed FLCAS and analyzed underlying relationship between focal construct f...

This study aims to investigate the foreign language anxiety (FLA) level among learners of German as a and discover relationship between FLA students’ variables that are gender, year study, achievement in classes, experience staying Germany for more than six months, weekly contact hours, course load term. The used quantitative research method using survey approach. Foreign Language Classroom Anx...

Levi McNeil, Sookmyung Women’s University Previous research suggests that the affordances (van Lier, 2000) of asynchronous computer-mediated communication (ACMC) environments help reduce foreign language anxiety (FLA). However, FLA is rarely the focus of these studies and research has not adequately addressed the relationship between FLA and the affordances that students use. This study explore...

This study is a case study of a foreign language learner with severe learning problem. After selecting the subject, he was interviewed by the researcher for some sessions. The researcher discussed the items of some valid questionnaires about anxiety. Some parts of the so called interview were taped with the learner's collaboration and consciousness. Then the results were analyzed by classifying...

The present study sought to understand the nature and level of foreign language (FL) anxiety among primary school students relationship between FL achievement. Changes in across groups three years were also examined. A total 631 (324 male, 307 female) aged 9–11 completed Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) that measured students’ anxiety. Our participants’ achievements as by low-st...

Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) and Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) are a Janus-faced concept (Dewaele & MacIntyre, 2014). This study adopted mixed-method approach to investigate how FLE interacts with FLCA predict be predicted by (FL) achievement among 589 undergraduate learners of English as foreign language (EFL) at key non-key university in Northwest China. Participants reported more than FLC...