English as a Foreign Language Learning Anxiety among Technical University Students

科技大學學生英文學習焦慮之研究

蔡正章(Cheng-Chang Tsai)

《蘭陽學報》 11期 (2012/06) Pp. 59-66

https://doi.org/10.6665/JLYIT.2012.11.59

摘要

本研究的目的在於探討台灣科技大學不同性別、不同學系的學生在英文學習上所產生的焦慮。研究樣本以隨機抽樣方式選出一所位於台灣的科技大學之245名學生。資料的蒐集採用一份「英文學習焦慮問卷」的填答。研究結果顯示：害怕開口說英語，擔心考試結果，缺乏學習動機和興趣，和老師個人的因素，皆是導致學生產生學習焦慮的原因。此外，研究結果顯示：男生的英文學習焦慮較女性強烈，非應外系學生的英文學習焦慮較應外系的學生強烈。本研究建議，英文老師應儘量營造輕鬆的學習情境並減少以考試為導向的教學方式。

關鍵字

英語學習焦慮 ； 性別 ； 主修 ； 科技大學學生

並列摘要

This study aims to explore the gender differences in the majors' of students who experienced English language learning anxiety at a University of Technology in Taiwan. The participants were 245 randomly selected students at this university in Taiwan. A questionnaire about English language learning anxiety was adopted as data collection. The results show that students attributed the cause of anxiety to the fear of speaking, the fear of exam consequences, a lack of both learning motivation and self-confidence, as well as the teacher's influence. Also, the finding of this study indicates that male students have stronger feelings of English learning anxiety than female students, and non-English majors have stronger feelings of English learning anxiety than English majors. The findings of this study suggest that EFL teachers in Taiwan should strive towards making classrooms more relaxing with a less formal atmosphere, and move away from the exam paradigm.

並列關鍵字

EFL learning anxiety ； gender ； majors ； the technical university students

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