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ERIC Number: EJ1033756
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0826-435X
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The Relationship between Instructor Feedback and ESL Student Anxiety
Di Loreto, Sabrina; McDonough, Kim
TESL Canada Journal, v31 n1 p20-41 2013
This correlational study, conducted in intermediate English as a second language (ESL) high school classes in Quebec, investigated the relationship between instructor feedback and student anxiety. The participants were 53 ESL students in their last year of secondary school who were required to take an integrative-writing exam as part of their graduation requirements. Throughout a 5-month period, students took 2 practice integrative-writing tests, received written corrective feedback, and completed 5 questionnaires about their language learning anxiety, L2 writing anxiety, and perceptions about instructor feedback. The results showed a significant negative correlation between students' perceptions of feedback and test anxiety. The findings indicated that students with more positive perceptions of instructor feedback had lower anxiety.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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