A Study of Chinese University Learners' Anxiety in German Language Classrooms in At-Home and Study-Abroad Contexts

Autor/in	Liu, Meihua
Titel	A Study of Chinese University Learners' Anxiety in German Language Classrooms in At-Home and Study-Abroad Contexts
Quelle	In: Cogent Education, 5 (2018) 1, Artikel 1475917 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2331-186X
DOI	10.1080/2331186X.2018.1475917
Schlagwörter	College Students; Foreign Countries; German; Second Language Learning; Anxiety; Study Abroad; Asians; Differences; Germany; China (Beijing) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Ausland; Deutscher; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Angst; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Unterscheiden; Deutschland
Abstract	This study examined Chinese university learners' anxiety in German language classrooms in at-home and study-abroad contexts. About 138 learners from a university in Beijing (at-home context) and 91 learners from a university in Germany (study-abroad (SA) context) participated in the present study. The participants answered a Background Information Questionnaire and the 21-item German Language Classroom Anxiety Scale. Of the survey participants, 10 at-home and 15 SA learners were interviewed. The major findings were (a) around one third of the learners in both contexts reported feeling anxious in German language class; (b) listening, speaking and writing were reported by both groups to be their sources of anxiety in class, and (c) differences existed between the at-home and SA students in anxiety level, causes for anxiety and relationship between anxiety and German test performance. These findings further justify the need for continuous research on this issue. Based on these findings, some implications are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01