The Effects Of Anxiety On Second Language Acquisition

Anxiety occurs in second/foreign language learning. A large body of previous research has demonstrated the effect of language anxiety on second/foreign language learning. Many studies have found anxiety has a debilitating effect on language learning. Factors associated with anxiety have also been investigated widely. This study focuses on the effects of the interlocutor(s) and communication contexts on language anxiety experienced by a group of ESL students studying at a flagship university in the Southeastern United States. A background questionnaire and an adapted instrument called Second Language Speaking Anxiety Scale were utilized in order to report the anxiety that students experienced under various conversation conditions. The results indicate that the interlocutor(s) and communication contexts could cause a difference in the anxiety that students experience.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in Modern Languages

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Modern Languages

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Tu, Jingjing

Contributors dc:contributor

• Tamara Warhol
• Esim Erdim
• Donald Dyer

• Communication Context
• Interlocutor
• Language Anxiety
• First and Second Language Acquisition

Repository record dc:identifier

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/901

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-1900