Anxiety in the College English Language Classroom in Taiwan

台灣大學生英文會話課堂焦慮感之探討

陳怡容(I-Jung Chen) ； 陳燕鑾(Ian-Luan Chen)

《興國學報》 2期 (2003/07) Pp. 119-133

https://doi.org/10.29950/JHKUM.200307.0008

摘要

本文旨在探討台灣大學生英文會話課堂的焦慮感。並針對兩項可能引起焦慮的因素：個人負面評價的恐懼及語言學習迷思進行數量的研究。研究對象為206位台灣大學生。研究結果顯示當學習者對負面評價的恐懼越高，其學習焦慮感也越高；當學習者對語言學習的迷思越強時，其學習焦慮感也越高。但是語言學習者的焦慮程度並不受兩項因素的互動關係之影響。

關鍵字

焦慮感 ； 負面評價的恐懼 ； 語言學習迷思

並列摘要

This paper addresses issues concerning the foreign language anxiety of college English learners of Taiwan in oral practice. Two potential anxiety provoking sources: an individual's ”fear of negative evaluation” and his or her ”beliefs about language learning” were examined by a quantitative survey of 206 college students in Taiwan for any correlation with anxiety and for any interaction between these two factors. Using correlation and regression, the study found that: (a) an individual's anxiety was higher as his or her fear of negative evaluation was stronger and (b) his or her anxiety was also higher as his or her beliefs about language learning were stronger; (c) the fear of negative evaluation and beliefs about language learning did not interact to influence the anxiety level of a student.

並列關鍵字

anxiety ； fear of negative evaluation ； beliefs about language learning

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