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Analysis of the causes of anxiety in using the English language among form four students / Hanimarlia Hassan

This research was conducted to analyze the causes of anxiety of Form Four students of SMK Tun Tuah. A total of 100 students were involved as respondents of the research. Students’ language anxiety was measured using an English Language Anxiety Scale (ELAS) questionnaire, which was developed from...

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Main Author: Hassan, Hanimarlia
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Language:English
Published: 2010
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Learning ability
Melaka (Malaysia)
Malaysia
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spelling my.uitm.ir.144832016-08-17T06:18:07Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14483/ Analysis of the causes of anxiety in using the English language among form four students / Hanimarlia Hassan Hassan, Hanimarlia Learning ability Melaka (Malaysia) Malaysia This research was conducted to analyze the causes of anxiety of Form Four students of SMK Tun Tuah. A total of 100 students were involved as respondents of the research. Students’ language anxiety was measured using an English Language Anxiety Scale (ELAS) questionnaire, which was developed from the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) questionnaire (Horwitz, Horwitz & Cope, 1986). The research findings showed that most of the students experienced a great deal of anxiety when they used the target language in the classroom. From the three subscales of communication apprehension, fear of negative evaluation and test anxiety, it is known that the causes of students’ anxiety were among all derived from negative self perception, fear of peer or language teacher’s evaluations and the fear of failure in taking English tests. It was also found that there is a significant relationship between the causes of anxiety and the students’ English language grades. From the findings, the researcher has come out with a few pedagogical implications for English language teachers to alleviate the students’ anxiety level whenever they use English language in the classroom. 2010 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14483/1/TD_HANIMARLIA%20HASSAN%20ED%2010_5.pdf Hassan, Hanimarlia (2010) Analysis of the causes of anxiety in using the English language among form four students / Hanimarlia Hassan. Degree thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
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Malaysia
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Melaka (Malaysia)
Malaysia
Hassan, Hanimarlia
Analysis of the causes of anxiety in using the English language among form four students / Hanimarlia Hassan
description This research was conducted to analyze the causes of anxiety of Form Four students of SMK Tun Tuah. A total of 100 students were involved as respondents of the research. Students’ language anxiety was measured using an English Language Anxiety Scale (ELAS) questionnaire, which was developed from the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) questionnaire (Horwitz, Horwitz & Cope, 1986). The research findings showed that most of the students experienced a great deal of anxiety when they used the target language in the classroom. From the three subscales of communication apprehension, fear of negative evaluation and test anxiety, it is known that the causes of students’ anxiety were among all derived from negative self perception, fear of peer or language teacher’s evaluations and the fear of failure in taking English tests. It was also found that there is a significant relationship between the causes of anxiety and the students’ English language grades. From the findings, the researcher has come out with a few pedagogical implications for English language teachers to alleviate the students’ anxiety level whenever they use English language in the classroom.
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title Analysis of the causes of anxiety in using the English language among form four students / Hanimarlia Hassan
title_short Analysis of the causes of anxiety in using the English language among form four students / Hanimarlia Hassan
title_full Analysis of the causes of anxiety in using the English language among form four students / Hanimarlia Hassan
title_fullStr Analysis of the causes of anxiety in using the English language among form four students / Hanimarlia Hassan
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of the causes of anxiety in using the English language among form four students / Hanimarlia Hassan
title_sort analysis of the causes of anxiety in using the english language among form four students / hanimarlia hassan
publishDate 2010
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14483/1/TD_HANIMARLIA%20HASSAN%20ED%2010_5.pdf
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