Differences in Language Performance among High-, Average-, and Low-Anxious College Foreign Language Learners.

Ganshow, Leonore; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ485105

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Differences in Language Performance among High-, Average-, and Low-Anxious College Foreign Language Learners.

Ganshow, Leonore; And Others

Modern Language Journal, v78 n1 p41-55 Spr 1994

The native oral and written language and foreign language aptitude of students with different levels of anxiety were examined using the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale. One finding was that "language variables" discriminate high- from low-anxiety students despite similarities in cognitive ability and overall academic achievement in college. (Contains 69 references.) (LB)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Language Aptitude, Language Skills, Predictor Variables, Second Language Learning, Student Characteristics

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale

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