Anxiety and foreign language learning for young adolescents

 

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Author: López Montero, Rosberly
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2018
Description:This paper aims at analyzing the most common factors that produce anxiety in a group of young adolescents learning English as a foreign language as part of the outreach project “ED-2884” in the Pacific Regional Center of University of Costa Rica. In order to do this, a modification of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) by Horwitz et al. (1986) is used. The study indicates that language anxiety is provoked mostly by impromptu speaking and the pressure to obtain good grades; meanwhile, listening exams and mistake making do not seem to represent a problem to these learners.
Country:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/33282
Online Access:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/wimblu/article/view/33282
Keyword:adolescencia
inglés
enseñanza de idiomas
factores psicológicos
adolescence
English
language instruction
psychological factors