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- Both FL reading anxiety and test anxiety 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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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.
Extensive research in foreign language anxiety (e.g., Aida, 1994; Huang et al., 2010; Thomp-son & Lee, 2012, 2014) suggests that it is worth describing the nature of reading anxiety and then examining how it may potentially affect reading processes.
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).
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
- 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
Apr 1, 2022 · To fill the gap, this study meta-analyzed the overall average correlation between foreign language reading anxiety and its correlates among 9785 participants: two high-evidence correlates...
Oct 21, 2024 · Foreign language anxiety is an emotional reaction toward learning and using a foreign language, which may negatively influence individuals’ self-perceptions, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors. To explore how to mitigate the potential detrimental effect of foreign language anxiety, this meta-analysis and systematic review included 37 primary articles on interventions targeting relieving ...
