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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).
- Related Studies on Foreign Language Reading Anxiety
- Related Meta-Analytic Studies
- Related Correlates and Moderators
- High-Evidence Correlates and Moderators
- Low-Evidence Correlates
- 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
Dec 29, 2022 · The purpose of this literature review is to review various aspects of foreign language anxiety, its corresponding theoretical frameworks and models, causes, consequences, gender differences,...
Dec 24, 2022 · According to social cognitive theory and control-value theory, students with more foreign language (FL) anxiety than other students might have lower FL self-efficacy (which can hinder their FL learning and use) but past studies showed mixed results.
Aug 1, 2022 · For example, to moderate the reading anxiety during English reading, EFL learners could improve their attitudes toward English learning by trying to develop an interest in English-speaking countries and cultures.
Jan 1, 2023 · Of all the skills, reading has been once deemed less susceptible to anxiety; however, it has been increasingly gaining more attention from researchers since findings of the pioneers (Saito and the associates) as a phenomenon related to foreign language anxiety.
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Apr 13, 2021 · Based on the current findings and those of other research, we conclude by contending that reading anxiety merits increased scrutiny by researchers and educators endeavoring to understand and strengthen students’ reading achievement and socioemotional development during the elementary school years.
