Second Language Acquisition and Learning

Abstract Second language (L2) anxiety has been the object of constant empirical and theoretical attention for several decades. As a matter of both theoretical and practical interest, much of the research in this domain has examined the relationship between anxiety and L2 achievement. The present study meta-analyzes th…

• YASSER TEIMOURI

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• AYŞE GÜREL

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• YASEMİN DONAT

The present study examines EFL students’ Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety (FLSA) and its possible reasons as well as some solutions to it. The participants were 147 Turkish students at the English preparatory program of a state university. A questionnaire was administered to the students from each proficiency level t…

This study investigates the effect of gender on foreign language speaking anxiety and learner motivation. 225 female and 158 male pre-intermediate students participated in the study. Two questionnaires were administered to the participants, and randomly selected 19 students were also interviewed. According to the resu…

This study investigated the level, major causes, determining factors of foreign language speaking anxiety and students’ perceptions of it in a Turkish EFL context. Pre-intermediate students (N=383) of an English preparatory program at a state university participated in the study. The data regarding the level of EFL sp…

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• SALİH SELÇUK İŞSEVER

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This chapter provides a discipline-specific, step-by-step manual for conducting factor analysis, particularly the two main types: exploratory factor analysis and principal components analysis(PCA). There are two general types of factor analysis: exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis(CFA).…

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• NİLÜFER BEKLEYEN

A considerable number of foreign language learners experience a feeling of anxiety in language learning process. The purpose of this research was to find out foreign language anxiety levels of students studying in the Faculty of English Language and Literature at Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey when they were in…

• ŞENEL ELALDI

Teachers’ observations, students’ experiences, and the review of related literature indicate that language anxiety is a significant factor adversely affecting the language learning process. Thus, this study aims to investigate the sources and levels of fear of negative evaluation as well as language anxiety among Turk…