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Foreign language listening anxiety and listening performance: Conceptualizations and causal relationships

System, 2013
Abstract This study used structural equation modeling to explore the possible causal relations between foreign language (English) listening anxiety and English listening performance. Three hundred participants learning English as a foreign language (FL) completed the foreign language listening anxiety scale (FLLAS) and IELTS test twice with an ...
Xian Zhang
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L2 anxiety and the foreign language reading anxiety scale: Listening to the evidence

Foreign Language Annals, 2018
Second language (L2) educators have proposed a unique anxiety for general L2 learning and an anxiety specific to L2 reading. Since the early 1990s, the L2 anxiety concept has been challenged on theoretical and empirical grounds. In this investigation, U.S.
Richard L Sparks, Jon Patton
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Effects of flipped listening classroom on undergraduate students’ foreign language listening anxiety and willingness to communicate

E-Learning and Digital Media
In a traditional classroom environment, listening comprehension plays a vital role in enabling students to actively participate in the learning process. This is because a significant portion of information is conveyed through the instructor’s explanations and class discussions. Developing strong listening skills can help students effectively understand
Saeideh Bolandifar
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Easing down foreign language listening anxiety: Metacognitive intervention and dialogic interaction

International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Abstract Listening comprehension (LC) occurs when listeners can reasonably interpret a speaker's intention; therefore, reducing foreign language listening anxiety (FLLA) among EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners significantly facilitates their comprehension.
Hossein Bozorgian, Motahare Taghizade
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Foreign Language Listening Comprehension and Listening Anxiety

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language--TESL-EJ, 2023
Listening comprehension plays a pivotal role in second language (L2) acquisition, but the process of listening is complex. L2 learners’ listening ability is influenced by both cognitive and affective factors. Among the latter, anxiety is one of the most commonly studied variables in the field of education (Horwitz, 2001); however, its impact on ...
Shangwen Chen, Matthew P. Wallace, Ho Sok Ieng, Yuwei Chen, Wong Kuan Lam, Samuel Correia de Oliveira   +5 more
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Sources of Listening Anxiety in Learning English as a Foreign Language

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2008
In this study of college students' listening anxiety in learning English in a classroom context, participants were 160 students (47 men and 113 women) ages 18 to 19 years. To address their listening anxiety, participants were chosen from students enrolling in a required listening course.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE LISTENING ANXIETY IN HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

PALIMPSEST/ ПАЛИМПСЕСТ
Language learners progress at different rates and attain different levels of language competence. This is due to many factors that influence success in language learning. Some of these factors are aptitude, personality, age, attitudes, motivation, learning styles, etc. One of the factors that has been widely investigated is language anxiety.
Daskalovska, Nina, Hadzi-Nikolova, Adrijana, Jankova Alagjozovska, Natka   +2 more
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Foreign Language Listening Anxiety: A Self-Presentational View

International Journal of Listening, 2016
This study used a self-presentational framework to investigate second language listening anxiety among university students and demonstrated that second language listening involves social concerns that are specific to second language settings. A set of anxiety questionnaires was administered to 1,177 students, and 17 learners provided verbal protocol ...
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Anxiety in reading and listening English as a foreign language in Chinese undergraduate students

Language Teaching Research, 2017
This study tested relationships between foreign language (FL) reading and listening anxiety and learner variables in English as a foreign language (EFL). It tested links between foreign language anxiety (FLA) and its cognitive, affective and behavioral correlates in English (i.e.
Bonnie Wing-Yin Chow, Hey Tou Chiu, Simpson W. L. Wong   +2 more
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A Self-Presentational Perspective on Foreign Language Listening Anxiety

2011
This study uses a self-presentational framework to investigate second language listening anxiety (L2 listening anxiety) among university students learning English in Japan and demonstrate that L2 listening involves social concerns that are specific to L2 settings.
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