ERIC Number: EJ1247794
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-2094-3938
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Social Psychological Impacts on Language Use: Anxiety among Cambodian University Students
Boun, Sovicheth
TESOL International Journal, v12 n2 p16-31 2017
Since its conception as a situation-specific construct, foreign language anxiety has been extensively investigated and expanded to account for the complex nature of language learning and teaching. This study aims to identify the underlying dimensions of beliefs about target language use, motivation, and the frequency of target language use. It also seeks to explore the extent of their impacts on the language use anxiety among Cambodian university students. Based on a survey of 129 students in two departments, the study revealed that three main factors (i.e., beliefs about the student's use of target language, the frequency of target language use in formal contexts, and the frequency of target language use in informal contexts) significantly predicted the language use anxiety among the students. Implications for classroom instruction and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Descriptors: Language Usage, Anxiety, Communication (Thought Transfer), Student Attitudes, College Students, Prediction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Academic Achievement, Learning Motivation, English (Second Language)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Cambodia
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