• 영어어문교육
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.265-290
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• 2009

The present data-driven study attempted to explicate nonnative English teacher trainees' foreign language teaching anxiety in microteaching settings from their perspectives. It is assumed that nonnative English teachers or teacher trainees may experience anxiety not only as foreign language learners but also as foreign language teachers. In order to inquire into their anxiety, the researcher had 172 teacher trainees perform extended microteaching tasks and reflect on their teaching and anxiety through group discussion. Based on the analysis of their discussion, three aspects related to nonnative English teacher trainees' anxiety were identified. First, teacher trainees identified three main types of anxiety-provoking situations: communicative-competence-threatening situations, unexpected situations, and instruction-hindering situations. Second, they identified three sources of anxiety: limited ability to use English, lack of English teaching skills, and fear of criticism. Third, they were aware that they used diverse strategies to lower anxiety before and while teaching for different purposes. From their identification and awareness of anxiety-provoking situations, sources of anxiety, and anxiety-lowering strategies, they could reflect on professional qualifications as a foreign language teacher.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.67-82
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• 2003

This paper is aimed at the investigation of the teacher's perspectives on students' language anxiety. The teachers who participated in this study include six Asian ESL teachers from four different countries: Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and China. The methodology employed by this case study, helped to determine teachers' perspectives on students' language anxiety. This study, which was conducted by means of in-depth interviews with six experienced language teachers, offered some alternative insights on language anxiety from a different perspective. The findings indicate that the participants' views on language anxiety management seem to be fairly consistent with their own beliefs about teaching and their own assumptions about the role of the teacher.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.1-20
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• 2005

Despite the noteworthy increase in the number of FL anxiety studies, inconsistencies associated with the effects of FL anxiety on language learner performance have been reported in literature. Such conflicting results seem to be attributable in part to unstable conceptualization of the FL anxiety construct and its measure. This paper purported to address the emerging call for a theoretical clarification of the construct at hand as a preface to a clear picture of language anxiety on a conceptual ground. This paper not only covers aspects of general anxiety from psychological perspectives, but examines how FL anxiety and its associated concepts have been conceptualized in the literature. Inconsistent results that pertain to FL learning were also delineated. Given the drawbacks found in the exiting theories of FL anxiety, several points were taken into account for a refinement of the conceptual framework. This attempt will hopefully shed new light on the construct per se and prove conducive to the development of the field of English education.

• 한국영어학회지:영어학
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.373-401
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• 2002

It is often observed that Korean migrant students overseas experience various kinds of anxieties learning English as a second language although they are in an English-speaking country like New Zealand. The context of learning English as a second language is explored by examining language anxieties experienced by recent Korean migrant students in New Zealand. 177 students were surveyed using questionnaires asking their anxieties over various contexts of English learning processes. The three stages of language anxiety of Input, Processing, and Output showed that there were some degrees of anxiety among the students at each stage depending on their ages, age at migration, and duration of residence, in particular. Students tended to experience more language anxiety in school than outside the school. It was also clear that students were experiencing more anxieties with English than with Korean in the four language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing. Writing was commonly found in English and Korean to be the most frequent source of anxiety among the four language skills. Some implications from the results are suggested for parents, teachers, and students.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.250-265
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• 2018

Thailand is one of the ASEAN countries and is said to be the most visited country in Southeast Asia. Despite its development, Thailand falls as one of the countries with the lowest rates of English proficiency. This article is written to describe one of the possible factors of Thailand's low English proficiency, which is the foreign language anxiety of students. This article outlines references regarding the English language anxiety of Thai students and uses them as a basis in distinguishing English language anxiety among nursing students in Boromarajonani College of Nursing Nakhon Lampang, Thailand (BCNLP). A survey was conducted using a questionnaire based on the FLCA Scale by Horwitz, Horwitz, and Cope, (1986) with a focus group consisting of 80 participants randomly selected from $1^{st}$ year to $4^{th}$ year nursing students of BCNLP. As found in the survey there were two sources of English language anxiety among nursing students: 1. Fear of negative evaluation due to unpreparedness, and feeling and thinking that others are better in language learning as the main factors; and 2. Communicating apprehension, where in speaking without preparation, speaking in the foreign language in front of other students, and self-doubt about one's ability to speak in the foreign language are the highest ranked causes of anxiety. The results indicate two main problems: unpreparedness and self-concept. Therefore, it is recommended that English Language classes should be taught with the learner-centered approach and that instructors should put importance in preparing the students during class, and encouraging them to increase a positive self-concept towards English language learning.

• 아동학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.135-148
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• 2006

The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale(Horwitz et al., 1986) and the Classroom Environment Scale(Moos & Tricket, 1974) were administered to 434 middle school students in Daegu. Data were analyzed by Cronbach's $\alpha$, t-test, and Pearson's correlation using the SPSS program. Results on anxiety showed no gender differences between male and female students but $9^{th}$ graders reported more anxiety than $7^{th}$ graders. Two of the nine classroom environment subscales showed differences between perceptions of male and female students, and there were significant differences between $7^{th}$ and $9^{th}$ graders. Foreign language anxiety was correlated with perceived classroom environment. This finding suggests the importance of the psychological environment between the English teacher and students for successful language education.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.161-182
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• 2010

The goals of this study were to identify differences in learners' and teachers' perspectives on EFL learners' language anxiety, to identify the differences among teachers coping with learners' language anxiety, and to find how learners cope with their language anxiety. The research was effectuated by means of a survey questionnaire and interviews. The data were collected from 92 teachers and 230 students in four different school settings. There were the $6^{th}$ grade 50 primary school learners, the $2^{nd}$ grade 60 middle school learners, the $11^{th}$ grade 60 high school learners of, and the $2^{nd}$ and $3^{rd}$ grade 60 university learners. There were also 26 primary school teachers, 22 middle school teachers, 21 high school teachers, and 23 university teachers. The findings reveal that there were differences in responses among the respondents. The findings suggest that teachers need to pay attention to their particular learners' anxiety sources: especially in the case of primary school setting, the activity of answering teachers' questions for teachers was the primary source of learner's anxiety, in the case of middle school settings, translating sentences in English into Korean, in the case of high school setting, checking unknown vocabulary, and in the case of university settings, university learners felt anxious when classmates spoke fluently. The implications of the study indicate that these aspects should be handled carefully to motivate certain group of learners.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.6014-6028
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• 2014

본 연구는 다양한 유형의 영어수업환경에서 대학생 학습자들이 경험하는 언어불안정도와 불안요인들에 대해 설문조사하고 그 결과를 비교분석하였다. 언어불안정도는 수업환경의 유형에 따라 유의미한 차이가 있으며, 또한 교수와 영어 수업반 사이에 나타나는 상호작용 효과도 유의미한 양상을 보였다. 이 같은 결과는 수업환경과 학습자들의 개별적 특성 양자 모두가 의미 있는 언어불안의 변인임을 보여준다고 하겠다. 언어불안요인은 언어불안정도와 달리 수업환경에 따라 큰 차이가 없으며, 전체적으로 의사소통, 대인평가, 시험 등의 순으로 중요한 것으로 조사되었다. 특히 의사소통은 수업환경의 차이에 관계없이 거의 일관되게 가장 중요한 불안요인으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 교육적 시사점으로 학습자들의 영어능력에 적절한 수업환경의 구축, 교수의 영어구사력을 고려한 수업환경의 설계, 학습자들의 적극적인 참여를 유도할 수 있는 긍정적인 수업환경의 조성을 제시하였다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.139-160
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• 2011

This study examines correlations between affective variables and English learners' achievement in native teachers' classes. Specifically, it aims to study the relationships among Korean college students' English learning motivation, anxiety, WTC (willingness to communicate) and their English achievement scores. For the purpose, the questionnaire surveys were conducted, and the students' English scores were analyzed and compared. The participants were 216 university students taking the general English courses as a requirement for graduation. The results indicated that although the students had high level motivation to learn English, especially for social reasons, their WTC in and outside the classroom was low. Also, unlike the previous studies on foreign language anxiety, their anxiety level was not significant. Anxiety and motivation were negatively correlated; WTC and motivation were positively correlated. However, according to the regression analysis, the explanatory power of the three affective variables was not significant for the students' achievement scores. Several possible reasons and some pedagogical implications are provided in the conclusion.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.321-332
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 가상현실을 사용한 영어 회화 학습 프로그램을 개발하고 이를 몰입형 가상현실과 모바일 기기 조건에서 비교하였다. 학습자는 가상 캐릭터와 일상에서 일어날 수 있는 회화 패턴을 9 개의 에피소드에 걸쳐 학습하였다. 학습을 시작하기 전(사전)과 모든 학습을 마친 뒤(사후)의 언어불안감을 비교한 결과, 언어불안감은 몰입형 가상현실과 모바일 조건 모두에서 유의하게 감소하였고, 특히 몰입형 가상현실 조건에서 언어불안감이 더욱 크게 감소하였다. 학습 성취도를 알아보기 위해 각 에피소드에서 회화 패턴을 학습하기 이전의 반응(1단계)과 가상 캐릭터와의 회화 학습이 일어난 후의 문장(4단계)을 문장 길이, 적절성 및 정확성으로 구분하여 비교하였다. 그 결과 두 조건 모두 1단계보다 4단계에서 문장 길이, 적절성, 정확성이 향상되었다. 그 중 문장 길이는 몰입형 가상현실 조건에서 더욱 길어진 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 몰입형 가상현실이 학습자가 영어 회화 학습과 관련하여 경험하는 언어불안감 감소 및 회화능력 향상에 긍정적인 영향을 줄 수 있다는 것을 보여준다.