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ERIC Number: EJ1376885
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Aug
Pages: 14
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EISSN: EISSN-2621-6485
On the Interrelationships between Iraqi EFL Learners' Classroom Environment, Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety and Willingness to Communicate: A SEM Approach
Obaid, Alyaa Abdulkareem; Zeraatpishe, Mitra; Faravani, Akram
English Language Teaching Educational Journal, v5 n2 p143-156 Aug 2022
Different factors play their roles in communication especially when the concern is a foreign language such as classroom environment, foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship among EFL Iraqi learner's classroom environment, foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate. First, from among the available 260 English university students at Babylon university, 204 EFL intermediate language learners who studied English language were selected. The selection was based on their score in Cambridge Quick Placement Test 2004 (QPT). The participants, then filled three questionnaires of anxiety, classroom environment, and willingness to communicate. The three questionnaires were filled out by the participants. To consider the extent of the interrelationships among classroom environment, willingness to communicate and speaking anxiety, a model of associations among them was proposed. To analyze the obtained data, structural equation modelling (SEM) was used and the model was probed using AMOS. Results of SEM indicated a complete fit and significant interrelationship among the variables were found. The findings have several implications for EFL teachers and learners.
Universitas Ahmad Dahlan. Kampus 4 UAD, Jl. Ringroad Selatan, Tamanan, Bantul Yogyakarta, 55166 Indonesia. e-mail: eltej@pbi.uad.ac.id; Web site: http://journal2.uad.ac.id/index.php/eltej/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iraq
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