Foreign language reading anxiety in a Jordanian EFL context: A qualitative study

In the last two decades, investigating the sources of foreign language anxiety in general has increasingly attracted the attention of many researchers in the field of foreign language teaching. However, the sources of anxiety that influence the acquisition of certain specific language skills such as...

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Main Authors:	Al-Shboul, Murad M, Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari, Abdul Rahman, Zainurin
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Language:	English
Published:	Canadian Centre for Science and Education 2013
Subjects:	L Education (General)
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spelling	iium-334312013-12-16T03:43:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/33431/ Foreign language reading anxiety in a Jordanian EFL context: A qualitative study Al-Shboul, Murad M Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Abdul Rahman, Zainurin L Education (General) In the last two decades, investigating the sources of foreign language anxiety in general has increasingly attracted the attention of many researchers in the field of foreign language teaching. However, the sources of anxiety that influence the acquisition of certain specific language skills such as reading in particular have rarely been investigated. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore and understand the underlying problems and factors that contribute to reading anxiety faced by EFL students at Yarmouk University, Jordan. It was a qualitative exploration of the sources of English language reading anxiety for which observation, semi-structured interviews and diaries were collected from six informants with different levels of English language proficiency. The findings of the study revealed that there were two aspects of foreign language reading anxiety: personal factor and text feature. Under the concept of personal factor were also two main sources of foreign language reading anxiety, which are: afraid of making errors and worry about reading effects. On the other hand, there were three main sources of foreign language reading anxiety under the concept of text feature, which are: unknown vocabulary, unfamiliar topic, and unfamiliar culture. The five main sources of foreign language reading anxiety were arranged according to their occurrences and percentages in the study. Moreover, recommendations were proposed. Canadian Centre for Science and Education 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33431/3/27260-91239-1-SM.pdf Al-Shboul, Murad M and Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail and Nordin, Mohamad Sahari and Abdul Rahman, Zainurin (2013) Foreign language reading anxiety in a Jordanian EFL context: A qualitative study. English Language Teaching, 6 (6). pp. 38-56. ISSN 1916-4750 (O), 1916-4742 (P) http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/issue/view/820
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description	In the last two decades, investigating the sources of foreign language anxiety in general has increasingly attracted the attention of many researchers in the field of foreign language teaching. However, the sources of anxiety that influence the acquisition of certain specific language skills such as reading in particular have rarely been investigated. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore and understand the underlying problems and factors that contribute to reading anxiety faced by EFL students at Yarmouk University, Jordan. It was a qualitative exploration of the sources of English language reading anxiety for which observation, semi-structured interviews and diaries were collected from six informants with different levels of English language proficiency. The findings of the study revealed that there were two aspects of foreign language reading anxiety: personal factor and text feature. Under the concept of personal factor were also two main sources of foreign language reading anxiety, which are: afraid of making errors and worry about reading effects. On the other hand, there were three main sources of foreign language reading anxiety under the concept of text feature, which are: unknown vocabulary, unfamiliar topic, and unfamiliar culture. The five main sources of foreign language reading anxiety were arranged according to their occurrences and percentages in the study. Moreover, recommendations were proposed.
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author	Al-Shboul, Murad M Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Abdul Rahman, Zainurin
author_facet	Al-Shboul, Murad M Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Abdul Rahman, Zainurin
author_sort	Al-Shboul, Murad M
title	Foreign language reading anxiety in a Jordanian EFL context: A qualitative study
title_short	Foreign language reading anxiety in a Jordanian EFL context: A qualitative study
title_full	Foreign language reading anxiety in a Jordanian EFL context: A qualitative study
title_fullStr	Foreign language reading anxiety in a Jordanian EFL context: A qualitative study
title_full_unstemmed	Foreign language reading anxiety in a Jordanian EFL context: A qualitative study
title_sort	foreign language reading anxiety in a jordanian efl context: a qualitative study
publisher	Canadian Centre for Science and Education
publishDate	2013
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Foreign language reading anxiety in a Jordanian EFL context: A qualitative study

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