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- Both FL reading anxiety and test anx-iety had a weaker correlation with FL performance as compared to other types of anxiety. The anxiety-performance correlation remained stable across groups with different FL proficiency levels, suggesting that the role of FL anxiety should not be ignored regardless of the FL learners' proficiency level.
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Sep 26, 2024 · Therefore, this investigation aimed to explore learners’ English foreign language reading anxiety levels, reading techniques used, and the correlation between foreign language reading anxiety (FLRA) and reading strategies (RS).
The results obtained a moderate correlation of language anxiety and reading performance. The two low-evidence correlates had moderate-to-large and moderate effect sizes, with reading self-efficacy being moderate-to-large and reading strategy being moderate. Foreign language proficiency and age were significant moderators for some correlations.
Oct 1, 2019 · This meta-analysis investigated the relationship between foreign language (FL) anxiety and FL performance. Fifty-five independent samples with more than 10,000 participants were surveyed. It was found that the overall correlation between FL anxiety and FL performance was −.34 (p < .01).
- Xian Zhang
- 2019
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- The Present Study
As one of the important skill-specific anxieties, foreign language reading anxiety refers to the “perceptions of uneasiness, apprehension or stress from which an individual might suffer when reading a foreign language text” (Capan & Pektas, 2013, p.1362). That said, anxious learners are likely to feel uncomfortable with the unfamiliar (e.g., words,...
In recent years, meta-analysis has garnered a great deal of attention in terms of foreign or second reading comprehension (Dodell-Feder & Tamir, 2018; Jeon & Yamashita, 2014; Ke et al., 2021; Lervåg & Lervåg, 2011; Lervåg et al., 2012; Li et al., 2021; Mumper & Gerrig, 2017; Shin, 2020) and foreign language anxiety (Botes et al., 2020; Teimouri et ...
Researchers have also attempted to identify variables closely correlated with foreign language reading anxiety (Ghonsooly & Elahi, 2010; Hann, 2018; Lien, 2016; Mills et al., 2006; Saito et al., 1999; Tsai & Lee, 2018), and the correlational variables are called correlates in some meta-analytic studies (e.g., Elahi Shirvan et al., 2019; Jeon & Yama...
Reading performance and moderators. Informed by the prior meta-analytic studies that consider both language test scores and self-perceived performance as language performance (e.g., Botes et al., 2020; Teimouri et al., 2019), the operational definition of foreign language reading performance (for simplicity’s sake called reading performance hereaft...
Reading strategy. Foreign language reading strategy (reading strategy hereafter) is defined as “the techniques or conscious actions taken to improve understanding and solve difficulties in foreign language reading comprehension, including reading aloud, paraphrasing, guessing, re-reading, visualizing the information, asking questions, translating a...
While the primary studies on specific correlates and the meta-analytic findings of foreign language reading comprehension and general foreign language anxiety reviewed previously might provide some valuable insights into the understanding of foreign language reading anxiety, several research gaps remain open for debate. First, since the preliminary...
- Rui Li
- liruidianzi@hotmail.com
- 2021
proficiency was found negatively related to test anxiety and foreign language reading anxiety. Second, test anxiety was found correlated positively with foreign language reading anxiety.
- Ya-Chin Tsai, Yi-Chih Li
- 2012
Jan 1, 2012 · First, English reading proficiency was found negatively related to test anxiety and foreign language reading anxiety. Second, test anxiety was found correlated positively with...
Jul 31, 2018 · Both forms of anxiety are closely correlated, with cognitive test anxiety being a significant negative predictor and test confidence being a significant positive predictor of the test scores. Foreign language classroom anxiety, however, does not significantly predict test performance.
