探究外語學習者對外語學習之自我效能及焦慮程度之研究

Exploring Self-efficacy and Anxiety Level of EFL Students on Foreign Language Learning

張容嘉(Jung-Chia Chang)

指導教授 ： 徐碧霙

朝陽科技大學/人文暨社會學院/應用英語系/碩士(2018年)

摘要

本研究旨在調查某大學的外語學習者在外語學習中的自我效能感和焦慮程度，以及探究自我效能感與焦慮之間在外語學習中是否存在相關性。研究對象為300名以英語為主修的學生。透過問卷的方式以測量學生對外語學習之自我效能和焦慮程度，採用「英語自我效能量表」與「外語課堂焦慮量表」為研究工具，問卷結果採用描述性統計、T檢定和相關分析來分析，此研究結果為：(1)大部分的大學生在外語學習的自我效能處於中等水平；(2)多數的大學生有一定程度的外語焦慮；(3)自我效能與外語焦慮呈現顯著的正相關；(4)在外語學習上，大學生的自我效能在性別方面沒有顯著的差異；(5)男大學生與女大學生在外語學習焦慮上也沒有顯著的差異。最後，本研究還提出了該研究結果之應用、侷限性和對於未來研究的相關建議。

關鍵字

自我效能 ； 焦慮 ； 外語學習

並列摘要

This quantitative study aims to investigate EFL college students’ self-efficacy and anxiety levels on foreign language learning, and whether there is any correlation between self-efficacy and anxiety on learning foreign language. 300 English major students at a university in central Taiwan participated in this study. In order to measure the students’ levels of self-efficacy on foreign language learning, the Questionnaire of English Self-Efficacy (QESE) scale developed by Wang (2004), and modified by Wang and Bai (2016) was used. Besides, the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) developed by Horwitz, Horwitz, and Cope (1986), which was utilized to measure the levels of students’ anxiety during foreign language class. Descriptive statistics, T-test, and correlation analysis were employed in this study. The results showed that the majority of the EFL college students had moderate levels of self-efficacy and anxiety on foreign language learning. In addition, there was a significant correlation between self-efficacy and foreign language anxiety. The findings of the study also revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between college students’ English self-efficacy in terms of gender. Moreover, there was no significant difference between male and female college students on foreign language anxiety. Implications of the results, limitations and suggestions for future research were also presented.

並列關鍵字

Self-efficacy ； Anxiety ； Foreign language learning

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