A Study on Foreign Language Anxiety : The case of a Gagauzian and Turkish University

Authors : Halil KÜÇÜKLER

Pages : 25-40

Doi:10.32449/egetdid.728615

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Publication Date : 2020-06-22

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Anxiety is a substantial factor in learning foreign language. Sometime it even can block or affect the input the students try to make. The findings state, that students with anxiety demonstrate poor performance while students with no anxiety perform well and comprehend the material presented during the lesson. Thus, the analyse of the phenomenon anxiety is needed in order to understand its origin and measure to reduce it. The focus will be to put language learning provoking factors and on the measure, which can improve the situation. The aim of the current research is to detect anxiety provoking factors based on empirical results and to find the proper solution for the situation improvement. The participants of the study consisted of 506 students studying at Balıkesir University in Turkey, Komrat university in Moldova, in 2018-2019 academic year. The results do not show any statistically significant difference compared to the university where students are studying. However, the average scores of female participants are higher than male participants.
Keywords : Anxiety, Foreign Language Anxiety, Foreign Language Learning, Foreign Language Teaching