Foreign Language Anxiety in Relation to Affective Variables: Learners of Korean as a Foreign Language in Australia

Autor/in	Jee, Min Jung
Titel	Foreign Language Anxiety in Relation to Affective Variables: Learners of Korean as a Foreign Language in Australia
Quelle	In: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 41 (2018) 3, S.328-348 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-0640
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Korean; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Anxiety; Student Behavior; Interpersonal Communication; Student Motivation; Self Efficacy; Language Proficiency; Risk; Socialization; College Students; Student Attitudes; Australia; Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Koreanisch; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Angst; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Schulische Motivation; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Risiko; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Collegestudent; Australien
Abstract	This study investigated Korean-as-a-foreign-language (KFL) students' foreign language anxiety (FLA) in relation to five affective variables (i.e., unwillingness to communicate, classroom risk-taking, classroom sociability, motivation, and self-efficacy) as well as to self-rated Korean proficiency. One hundred and fifty-two KFL students who were enrolled in Korean classes in a large public university in Australia completed survey items for the study. Overall, KFL students in Australia showed moderate levels of anxiety (M=2.79) and unwillingness to communicate (M=2.58). Additionally, their levels of motivation (M=3.92) and self-efficacy (M=3.41) were high. Five affective variables were proven to be significantly related with FLA: a positive correlation between FLA and unwillingness to communicate; and negative correlations between FLA and classroom risk-taking, classroom sociability, motivation and self-efficacy. Among the variables, self-efficacy and self-rated overall Korean proficiency were found to be the best predictors of FLA. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01