A correlational study between language anxiety and English speaking proficiency among Duhok University students in Iraq Bayar Mohammed Taher Yusif; Supervisor: Behbud Muhammedzade

Yazar: Katkıda bulunan(lar):Dil: İngilizce Yayın ayrıntıları:Nicosia Cyprus International University 2015Tanım: X, 60 p. color chart, color table, figure 30.5 cm CDİçerik türü:
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1 CHAPTER ONE
1 INTRODUCTION
1 Background of the Study
3 Statements of the problem
3 The Purpose of the Study
4 Significance of the study
5 Definition of the Terms
5 Procedure and Data collection
6 Limitation of the Study
6 Organization of the Study
8 CHAPTER TWO
8 LITERATURE REVIEW
8 Anxiety
10 Foriency language anxiety
12 Communication Apprehension
13 Test Anxiety
14 Fear of negative social evalution
15 Foreign langauge speaking anxiety
17 Effect of FL Anxiety on Productive Skill(Speaking)
18 Measuring foreign language anxiety
21 Facilitating and Debilitating Effects of Language Anxiety on Foreign Language Proficiency
22 Correlation between Language Anxiety and Foreign Language Proficiency
23 Correlation between Language Anxiety and Foreign Langauge Oral Proficiency
25 Foreign Language Anxiety in Later Studies
26 Previous Studies on the Correlation between Foreign Language Anxiety and Speaking Proficiency
27 Positive Correlation between Foreign Language Anxiety and Speaking Profiency
28 Negative Correlation between Foreign Language Anxiety and Speaking Proficiency
29 CHAPTER THREE
29 METHODOLOGY
29 Participants
29 INSTRUMENTS
29 Speaking Anxiety
30 Speaking Proficiency
30 Research Tool
31 Data Gathering Procedures
33 Reliability of the Questionnaires and the proficiency exam
33 Validity of the questionnaires and the proficiency exam
33 Statistical Means
35 CHAPTER FOUR
35 DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
35 Introduction
35 general information
37 Results of Analysis related to Research Question 1
38 Results of Analysis related to Research Question 2
41 Results of Analysis related to Research Question 3
43 Discusision of the Findings
43 Research Question: ''Is there a statistical differences in foreign language anxiety between males and females?''
44 Research Question: ''Is there a correlation between speaking anxiety and speaking proficiency among Duhok university students ?''
45 Resarch Question: ''Is there a difference between varieties of Speaking proficiency levels among Duhok University students?''
46 CHAPTER FIVE
46 CONLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
48 Conclusion and Recommendations
48 Implication and Suggestions for further studies
51 REFERENCES
57 APPENDIX
Özet: 'ABSTRACT The objective of the current research was to investigate the correlation between English speaking proficiency and speaking anxiety among EFL English major students of the Department of English in Duhok University. An overall of 157 students, including 80 freshmen, and 77 sophomores took part in this research. The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (Horwitz and others, 1986) was employed to gather the data. This research targeted to discover the study questions listed below: 1. Is there a statistical difference in foreign language anxiety between males and females? 2. Is there a correlation between speaking anxiety and speaking proficiency among Duhok university students? 3. Is there a difference between varieties of speaking proficiency levels among Duhok university students? The findings of the study revealed that there was no significant difference between males and females in responding foreign language anxiety among Kurdish undergraduate. In addition to the findings of this study, a significant correlation has been found between speaking anxiety and speaking proficiency among Duhok university students. Moreover, the findings of the current study showed that there was a highly significant difference between varieties of speaking proficiency levels among Duhok university students. Key words: Speaking anxiety, speaking proficiency, EFL English students '
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'ABSTRACT The objective of the current research was to investigate the correlation between English speaking proficiency and speaking anxiety among EFL English major students of the Department of English in Duhok University. An overall of 157 students, including 80 freshmen, and 77 sophomores took part in this research. The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (Horwitz and others, 1986) was employed to gather the data. This research targeted to discover the study questions listed below: 1. Is there a statistical difference in foreign language anxiety between males and females? 2. Is there a correlation between speaking anxiety and speaking proficiency among Duhok university students? 3. Is there a difference between varieties of speaking proficiency levels among Duhok university students? The findings of the study revealed that there was no significant difference between males and females in responding foreign language anxiety among Kurdish undergraduate. In addition to the findings of this study, a significant correlation has been found between speaking anxiety and speaking proficiency among Duhok university students. Moreover, the findings of the current study showed that there was a highly significant difference between varieties of speaking proficiency levels among Duhok university students. Key words: Speaking anxiety, speaking proficiency, EFL English students '

1 CHAPTER ONE

1 INTRODUCTION

1 Background of the Study

3 Statements of the problem

3 The Purpose of the Study

4 Significance of the study

5 Definition of the Terms

5 Procedure and Data collection

6 Limitation of the Study

6 Organization of the Study

8 CHAPTER TWO

8 LITERATURE REVIEW

8 Anxiety

10 Foriency language anxiety

12 Communication Apprehension

13 Test Anxiety

14 Fear of negative social evalution

15 Foreign langauge speaking anxiety

17 Effect of FL Anxiety on Productive Skill(Speaking)

18 Measuring foreign language anxiety

21 Facilitating and Debilitating Effects of Language Anxiety on Foreign Language Proficiency

22 Correlation between Language Anxiety and Foreign Language Proficiency

23 Correlation between Language Anxiety and Foreign Langauge Oral Proficiency

25 Foreign Language Anxiety in Later Studies

26 Previous Studies on the Correlation between Foreign Language Anxiety and Speaking Proficiency

27 Positive Correlation between Foreign Language Anxiety and Speaking Profiency

28 Negative Correlation between Foreign Language Anxiety and Speaking Proficiency

29 CHAPTER THREE

29 METHODOLOGY

29 Participants

29 INSTRUMENTS

29 Speaking Anxiety

30 Speaking Proficiency

30 Research Tool

31 Data Gathering Procedures

33 Reliability of the Questionnaires and the proficiency exam

33 Validity of the questionnaires and the proficiency exam

33 Statistical Means

35 CHAPTER FOUR

35 DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION

35 Introduction

35 general information

37 Results of Analysis related to Research Question 1

38 Results of Analysis related to Research Question 2

41 Results of Analysis related to Research Question 3

43 Discusision of the Findings

43 Research Question: ''Is there a statistical differences in foreign language anxiety between males and females?''

44 Research Question: ''Is there a correlation between speaking anxiety and speaking proficiency among Duhok university students ?''

45 Resarch Question: ''Is there a difference between varieties of Speaking proficiency levels among Duhok University students?''

46 CHAPTER FIVE

46 CONLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

48 Conclusion and Recommendations

48 Implication and Suggestions for further studies

51 REFERENCES

57 APPENDIX

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