ERIC Number: EJ1285914
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Exploring the Relationship between Language Learning Beliefs and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety
PalinkaĊĦevic, M. A. Radmila; Brkic, M. A. Jovana
Research in Pedagogy, v10 n2 p367-384 2020
Language learning beliefs and foreign language classroom anxiety present two extremely important factors in language learning. This paper explores these two factors and their complex relationship in students at the Preschool Teacher Training College in Vrsac and Teacher Training Faculty in Belgrade (Vrsac campus). Both quantitative and qualitative research models were implemented in the study. The quantitative analysis used BALLI (Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory) and FLCAS (Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale) as instruments, and latter implemented a correlational analysis to see which language learning beliefs had a strong connection with anxiety levels. Ten language learning beliefs showed a significant correlation with foreign language classroom anxiety levels. These beliefs were placed into five belief categories which were used as a starting point in the qualitative analysis. For the qualitative analysis language learning histories were used. The process produced two additional language belief categories which showed a strong connection with foreign language classroom anxiety. The research proposes which language learning beliefs teachers should first promote in order to establish a positive attitude towards language learning without high levels of anxiety along with other suggestions for the change and promotion of language learning beliefs and the lowering of classroom anxiety.
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Likert Scales, Anxiety, Measures (Individuals), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Correlation, Student Attitudes, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Positive Attitudes, Attitude Change, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Preschool Teacher Training College "Mihailo Palov" and Serbian Academy of Education in Belgrade. Omladinski Trg 1, Vrsac, 26300 Serbia. Tel: +381-832517; Fax: +381-832517; Web site: http://research.rs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Serbia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale
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