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
- 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
- communication apprehension/social effect
- 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
- travel
feel isolated and lost during solo trip to multilingual country
adjustment problem in multilingual universities
- abets cognitive development
- jeopardizes individual's self understanding and perspective
jobs become unreachable
- threatens learner's world concept
means affects individuals who are not characteristically anxious in other situations