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Publication Date: 2020-Jun
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The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale and Academic Achievement: An Overview of the Prevailing Literature and a Meta-Analysis
Botes, Elouise; Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Greiff, Samuel
Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, v2 n1 p26-56 Jun 2020
Foreign language learners experience a unique type of anxiety during the language learning process: Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA). This situation-specific anxiety is frequently examined alongside academic achievement in foreign language courses. The present meta-analysis examined the relationship between FLCA measured through the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) and five forms of academic achievement: general academic achievement and four competency-specific outcome scores (reading-, writing-, listening-, and speaking academic achievement). A total of k = 99 effect sizes were analysed with an overall sample size of N = 14128 in a random-effects model with Pearson correlation coefficients. A moderate negative correlation was found between FLCA and all categories of academic achievement (e.g., general academic achievement: r = -0.39; k = 59; N = 12585). The results of this meta-analysis confirm the negative association between FLCA and academic achievement in foreign language courses.
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Reading Achievement, Writing Achievement, Listening Skills, Speech Skills, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Institutional Characteristics
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale
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