Investigating the relationship between foreign language anxiety in the four skills and year of study among Yemeni University EFL learners

Investigating the relationship between foreign language anxiety in the four skills and year of study among Yemeni University EFL learners

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between foreign language anxiety and the year of study among Yemeni university EFL learners. The data were collected from the English language students from years 1 to 4 of the Faculty of Arts, Ibb University, Yemen. The data were collected using Fo...

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Main Authors: Yassin, Amr Abdullatif, Norizan Abdul Razak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12849/
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spelling ukm-128492019-05-02T13:00:18Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12849/ Investigating the relationship between foreign language anxiety in the four skills and year of study among Yemeni University EFL learners Yassin, Amr Abdullatif Norizan Abdul Razak, This study aimed to investigate the relationship between foreign language anxiety and the year of study among Yemeni university EFL learners. The data were collected from the English language students from years 1 to 4 of the Faculty of Arts, Ibb University, Yemen. The data were collected using Foreign Language Anxiety Scale (FLAS) which measures the level of anxiety in the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. The data were analysed using SPSS version 22 and one-way Anova is used to determine if there is a significant difference in the level of anxiety between the students in the four years. The results revealed that second year students experienced the highest level of anxiety followed by third year, fourth year and the first year students experienced the least level of anxiety. However, no significance difference was found between the level of foreign language anxiety and the year of study. The study concluded that two other factors, the interference of the mother tongue and novelty effect, might have affected the relationship between language anxiety and year of study. Implications of the study are also discussed. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12849/1/20423-60024-2-PB.pdf Yassin, Amr Abdullatif and Norizan Abdul Razak, (2017) Investigating the relationship between foreign language anxiety in the four skills and year of study among Yemeni University EFL learners. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 23 (3). pp. 147-159. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1027
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description This study aimed to investigate the relationship between foreign language anxiety and the year of study among Yemeni university EFL learners. The data were collected from the English language students from years 1 to 4 of the Faculty of Arts, Ibb University, Yemen. The data were collected using Foreign Language Anxiety Scale (FLAS) which measures the level of anxiety in the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. The data were analysed using SPSS version 22 and one-way Anova is used to determine if there is a significant difference in the level of anxiety between the students in the four years. The results revealed that second year students experienced the highest level of anxiety followed by third year, fourth year and the first year students experienced the least level of anxiety. However, no significance difference was found between the level of foreign language anxiety and the year of study. The study concluded that two other factors, the interference of the mother tongue and novelty effect, might have affected the relationship between language anxiety and year of study. Implications of the study are also discussed.
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author Yassin, Amr Abdullatif
Norizan Abdul Razak,
spellingShingle Yassin, Amr Abdullatif
Norizan Abdul Razak,
Investigating the relationship between foreign language anxiety in the four skills and year of study among Yemeni University EFL learners
author_facet Yassin, Amr Abdullatif
Norizan Abdul Razak,
author_sort Yassin, Amr Abdullatif
title Investigating the relationship between foreign language anxiety in the four skills and year of study among Yemeni University EFL learners
title_short Investigating the relationship between foreign language anxiety in the four skills and year of study among Yemeni University EFL learners
title_full Investigating the relationship between foreign language anxiety in the four skills and year of study among Yemeni University EFL learners
title_fullStr Investigating the relationship between foreign language anxiety in the four skills and year of study among Yemeni University EFL learners
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the relationship between foreign language anxiety in the four skills and year of study among Yemeni University EFL learners
title_sort investigating the relationship between foreign language anxiety in the four skills and year of study among yemeni university efl learners
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12849/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12849/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12849/1/20423-60024-2-PB.pdf
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