"Methods and Results in the Study of Anxiety and Language Learning: A Review of the Literature"
This project is involved in examining the different perspectives foreign language studies have taken in analyzing the effects of foreign language anxiety upon students in the language-learning classroom. The authors aim to compare findings, perspectives, and results of many studies that deal with foreign language anxiety. “Methods and Results” finds that different approaches concerning forms of anxiety have greatly influenced the results of the studies. The project notes that situation-specific anxiety approaches in second language studies have been most effective in explaining the role anxiety plays in the learning of a second language. MacIntyre and Gardner conclude that foreign language anxiety is in fact situational-specific anxiety. The authors define situation-specific anxiety as anxiety within a certain environment or context, such as a classroom.
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