The relationship between foreign language anxiety and self-directed learning readiness

Authors : Kutay Uzun

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Publication Date : 2016-03-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Foreign Language Anxiety insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FLA); and Self-Directed Learning insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SDL); are two areas in applied linguistics which are researched extensively. However, the literature seems to be lacking studies which intends to find a correlation between two phenomena. For that reason, the aim of this study is to find out if there is a significant relationship between FLA and SDL. The participants are 104 students of English Language Teaching in Edirne, Turkey and the data collection instruments are Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Horwitz et al, 1986); and Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Guglielmino, 1978);. Correlational analysis reveals that there is no significant relationship between foreign language anxiety and self-directed learning, however, there is a positive correlation between test anxiety and self control. Keywords: Foreign language anxiety, self-directed learning readiness, learner differences
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