Abstract Foreign language anxiety (FLA) has been widely studied over the past four decades, yet the effectiveness of anxiety-reduction strategies remains insufficiently understood.
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Abstract Foreign language anxiety (FLA) has been widely studied over the past four decades, yet the effectiveness of anxiety-reduction strategies remains insufficiently understood.
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- ‘ <i>My Mind Goes Blank, and I Just Want to Disappear</i> ’: Dual‐Source Anxiety and Face Dynamics in Thai Collectivist <scp>EFL</scp> Classrooms (2026) · doi
ABSTRACT While English proficiency constitutes a critical educational goal in Thailand, English Learning Anxiety (ELA) remains inadequately understood within Thai cultural contexts.
Keywords: english abstract proficiency constitutes critical educational goal thailand learning anxiety remains inadequately understood within thai - The Impact of Experience Abroad and Language Proficiency on Language Learning Anxiety (2013) · doi
Particularly, this study is an attempt to fill the gap in the literature about the affective outcomes after experiences abroad through the anxiety profiles of Korean learners of English as a foreign language ( EFL ) while taking second language (L2) proficiency into account.
Keywords: language particularly attempt fill literature affective outcomes experiences abroad anxiety profiles korean learners english foreign - A Descriptive Study on Foreign Language Anxiety among Children (2017) · doi
While research demonstrates that foreign language anxiety (FLA) has both facilitating and debilitating effects on achievement in the foreign language learning process, there are no data on the mentioned issue in the Turkish context regarding children who learn English as a foreign language (EFL).
Keywords: foreign language demonstrates anxiety facilitating debilitating effects achievement learning process there mentioned issue turkish context - Preliminary analysis of the Foreign Language Teaching Anxiety Scale (FLTAS) in Iranian teachers (2025) · doi
While research primarily focuses on foreign language anxiety in a learning context, there is insufficient research to assess the psychometric properties of Foreign Language Teaching Anxiety (FLTA) scale among Iranian teachers.
Keywords: foreign language anxiety primarily focuses learning context there insufficient assess psychometric properties teaching flta scale - A critical review of foreign language anxiety-reduction interventions: Toward a conceptual turn in foreign language anxiety research (2026) · doi
Abstract Foreign language anxiety (FLA) has been widely studied over the past four decades, yet the effectiveness of anxiety-reduction strategies remains insufficiently understood.
Keywords: anxiety abstract foreign language widely studied past four decades effectiveness reduction strategies remains insufficiently understood
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