Foreign Language Anxiety

what?

situation specific

speaking, listening most anxiety provoking of FL activities

feeling of uneasiness, nervousness during acquisition of second language

detrimental impact

negative effects

1.lack of self confidence/ self esteem

  1. hindrance of academic performance

passive in classroom activities/participation

low level of language proficiency, imperfect command of foreign language

less interpretations

test anxiety

probability of making mistakes & tendency to forget what is learnt

avoidance strategy to skip classes

pretend to be sick

hide in last row

reduced word production

difficulty in understanding spoken instructions

  1. communication apprehension/social effect
  1. professional disadvantage

who?

self expression limited

difficulty in giving presentations

less eye contact

staggered voice

stammering

degree and severity vary but it cannot be claimed that it does not exist at all

thought to be less competent

less socially and physically attractive

not interested in interpersonal communication

fear of negative evaluation

debilitating role

  1. travel

feel isolated and lost during solo trip to multilingual country

adjustment problem in multilingual universities

  1. abets cognitive development
  1. jeopardizes individual's self understanding and perspective

jobs become unreachable

  1. threatens learner's world concept

means affects individuals who are not characteristically anxious in other situations