Examining Levels and Factors of Speaking Anxiety among EFL Libyan English Undergraduate Students

Toubot, Abdalaziz M.; Seng, Goh Hock; Abdullah, Azizah

doi:10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.7n.5p.47

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“…The teacher's gentle method of error correction and positive attitude towards students' mistakes was found very helpful in relieving students of anxiety. This finding concurs with the findings of Yan & Horwitz (2008), MacIntyre & Gregersen (2012), Sadighi & Dastpak (2017) and Toubot & Seng (2018). Teacher's sympathetic and positive manner of error correction may motivate learners experiment with language without being worried about mistakes.…”

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“…Since students' lack of confidence has been found as a source of anxiety, the most important technique to alleviate students' SA could be boosting their (Aydin, 2016;Malik at al., 2020;Ewald, 2007). This can be followed through providing students with useful language learning techniques (Oxford, 1999), allowing students time for preparation, encouraging feedback, and praising their performance (Toubot & Seng, 2018). Moreover, professional characteristics of language teachers have been reported useful in alleviating students' SA.…”

Section: Methods To Reduce Anxietymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This hypothesis assumes that anxiety blocks the mind of a student and he/she cannot comprehend the input thoroughly. Numerous studies have been carried out on language anxiety in various contexts and studies unanimously conclude that FLA may seriously affect language learning (Tsiplakides & Keramida, 2009;Yan & Horwitz, 2008;Aydin, 2016;Malik at al., 2020;Milan, 2019;Naudhani at al.,2018;Oteir & Al-Otaibi, 2019;Toubot & Seng, 2018).…”

Section: Foreign Language Anxiety Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Exploration of the Kinds of Teacher Behaviour to address Students’ Language Speaking Anxiety: An Investigation of Pakistani EFL University Students’ Perspectives

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2021

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An Exploration of the Kinds of Teacher Behaviour to address Students’ Language Speaking Anxiety: An Investigation of Pakistani EFL University Students’ Perspectives

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2021

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“…19 items were selected among 33 items to measure FLCA. The relationship of the items was proved by the studies carried out by (Karatasa et al, 2016& Toubot et al, 2018. To date, this instrument has been one of the most frequently used tool to evaluate communication apprehension, test anxiety and fear of negative evaluation which learners experience in foreign language learning.…”

Section: Data Collection Instruments 341 Foreign Language Speaking mentioning

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Investigating Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety among the Kurdish EFL Students: A Case Study at a Public University

Ibrahim

Hamad

2021

ALUSTATH J.

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In the English as a Foreign Language EFL contexts from different settings, the issue of language learning anxiety has been extensively studies and investigated. However, in the Kurdish settings a few studies carried out about this issue, specially about speaking anxiety in English classes. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to investigate the level, major factor of foreign language speaking anxiety among the Kurdish EFL students and the students’ perspectives about foreign language speaking anxiety in the context of a university in Kurdistan. For achieving the study purpose, first year students (N=91) from English Department at a state university participated. The data regarding the level of EFL speaking anxiety gathered through administering a questionnaire (Foreign Language Anxiety Classroom Scale FLCAS) by (Horwitz et al. 1986), as well as through a semi-structured interview with the participants (N=18). The quantitative data were analyzed through descriptive statistics by using the SPSS software program (version 25), and the qualitative data were analyzed by content analysis. The results of the quantitative data illustrated that the students experienced a moderate level of EFL speaking anxiety, and the qualitative data confirmed the results whilst the participants perceived speaking as the most anxiety provoking factor. It was also found that fear of making mistakes, fear of negative evaluation, fear of speaking in front of others and immediate questions were as the major causes of the students’ speaking anxiety. This research contributes to the literature as it is the first to target FL speaking anxiety among Kurdish freshmen EFL learners.

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“…Item 7 and 17 show that even though they have prepared in advance or well prepared before speaking English, they still experience a considerable level of anxiety. Toubot et al, (2018) uttered that self-confidence is one of the personal factors that exceedingly associate with anxiety. Students who lack self-confidence will break down on practicing their target language since they would be afraid of making mistakes and feeling humiliated (Leong & Ahmadi, 2017).…”

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Exploring the Level and Primary Causes of Public Speaking Anxiety Among English Department Students

Sugiyati

Indriani

2021

JORLE

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English public speaking anxiety is a crucial issue experienced by students and it needs to be coped with acknowledging the importance of public speaking proficiency concerning today's demands. As EFL students, many studies have found that they encountered a considerable level of public speaking anxiety in which significantly affects their speaking quality. Therefore, measuring students' public speaking anxiety is essential since it can help both the students and teachers to know the level and primary causes of public speaking anxiety so that effective strategies can be designed to overcome this particular issue. Hence, the researchers attempt to investigate the level and primary causes of EFL students' public speaking anxiety. This present study participated by 34 third-semester students of the English Department at Universitas Tidar. In collecting the data regarding the public speaking anxiety level, the researchers used the Public Speaking Class Anxiety Scale (PSCAS) proposed by Yaikhong & Usaha (2012). Furthermore, the results from the questionnaire are delineated to explore the causes of public speaking anxiety. The study found that 58.8% of students experienced a medium level of public speaking anxiety. In addition, most of the students agreed that fear of negative evaluation becomes the major anxiety-provoking factor following by communication apprehension and test anxiety—lastly, only almost half of the students’ experience comfort in speaking English.

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Examining Levels and Factors of Speaking Anxiety among EFL Libyan English Undergraduate Students

Cited by 41 publications

References 28 publications

An Exploration of the Kinds of Teacher Behaviour to address Students’ Language Speaking Anxiety: An Investigation of Pakistani EFL University Students’ Perspectives

An Exploration of the Kinds of Teacher Behaviour to address Students’ Language Speaking Anxiety: An Investigation of Pakistani EFL University Students’ Perspectives

Investigating Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety among the Kurdish EFL Students: A Case Study at a Public University

Exploring the Level and Primary Causes of Public Speaking Anxiety Among English Department Students

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