Foreign language listening anxiety among Turkish EFL learners
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Among the skills, listening has a remarkable effect on learning a foreign language, and it is a keystone for communication. Foreign language anxiety is an internal factor, which has several effects on learners’ performance during the learning process. There are various types of FLA and listening anxiety is one of them. The aim of this research is to identify the level of foreign language listening anxiety among Turkish EFL learners’ experience, and whether there is a significant difference between the school types and proficiency level. This research consists of 110 students from two different types of high school in the Turkish National Education System: vocational and public. Students were chosen randomly and the FLLA Scale was conducted; then the results were analysed with SPSS. According to the results, all these students experience FLLA and although their academic proficiency level is quite different, there is no difference between the school types.
Keywords: Listening, listening comprehension, FLA, FLLA.
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