A Study on Non-English Major Students’ English Learning Anxiety in General English Conversation Class

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· 발행기관 : 한국문화융합학회
· 수록지 정보 : 문화와융합 / 42권 / 9호 / 781 ~ 811페이지
· 저자명 : 신동희, 문지순

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors causing language anxiety by non-English major university students taking general English conversation class in a women’s university in Seoul. It also aimed to examine if their level of anxiety is significantly varied in terms of their age, fields of majors, and length of studying English. For the study, the subjects were 514 first-year students in Korean EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classrooms during a 15-week semester in the fall of 2019. The participants responded to a 23-item modified survey based on Horwitz’s Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). In order to find out 1) what factors make learners anxious while learning EFL and 2) how their English learning anxiety varies by age, different fields of majors, and length of studying English, their responses to the questionnaire were analyzed by using SPSS 26. The findings revealed that most anxiety-provoking factors among students were their fear of (1) making grammatical mistakes, (2) having oral tests, and (3) speaking without preparation in class. Furthermore, a ANOVA was used to analyze the responses. The study found a significant difference in terms of length of studying English (F = 5.559 and p-value was .000 on the ANOVA test). In respect to age and different fields of majors, the ANOVA test disclosed that there was no significant difference.

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