The relationship between study anxiety and academic performance among English students

Abstract

This study explores the relationship between study anxiety and academic performance among English students at Faculty of Languages and Literature Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia. A total 116 students, 96 females and 20 males students participated in this study. This study focuses its investigation on a significant correlation of students' study anxiety and their academic performance. There were two types of instruments used, a questionnaire and a test. The study anxiety level was measured using Sansgiry and Sail's Test Anxiety Measurement (TAM). Meanwhile, students' academic performance was measured using Grade Pont Average (GPA). The results revealed that there was a significant correlation of high level anxiety and low academic performance among English students at Faculty of Languages and Literature Universitas Negeri Makassar, with significant correlation (p=0.011) and the correlation coefficient is small with r= 0.235. Further studies in a wide variety of settings with students who have different socio economic background, gender, motivation, achievement, and other disciplines with students' study anxiety are recommended.

A Metacognitive Instructional Guide to Support Effective Studying Strategies

“…Therefore, to better understand this result, we explored assessment anxiety as a mediating factor. Anxiety about an assessment was shown to be negatively related to performance, which corroborates previous findings in the literature (Rana & Mahmood, 2010;Vitasari et al, 2010). When we examined the relationship between anxiety and use of the online instructional guide, we found that students who reported greater anxiety were also significantly more likely to report having used the instructional guide, (t(242)=4.2, p<0.001).…”

“…The second survey set was a researcher-created questionnaire which asked students to report their use of the instructional guide. We also included a question regarding their level of anxiety surrounding the assessment, because anxiety is prevalent in undergraduate students and can impact performance (Rana & Mahmood, 2010;Vitasari et al, 2010). This in-semester survey was administered at three timepoints throughout the semester, immediately following each of the two midterms and the final exam in the class.…”

The Relationship Between Students' Anxiety in Learning English and Their English Achievement

“…This means that the more anxious the students are, the better is their English academic achievement. Weda and Sakti (2018) revealed a significant positive correlation between high-level anxiety with academic performance among English students at the Faculty of Languages and Literature Universitas Negeri Makassar, with a significant correlation (p=0.011) and a correlation coefficient is r=0.235. This finding is similar to the previous study conducted by Abuedfadl (2015), who found a significant positive correlation between students' anxiety in English and academic achievement with r= .321, p < 0.05.…”

Ansiedad ante exámenes y hábitos de estudio en educación superior

“…La ansiedad es una respuesta frecuente a las situaciones de evaluación (Edwards, 2007) y se ha encontrado una relación inversa entre niveles de ansiedad y rendimiento académico, (Weda y Sakti, 2018).…”