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How speaking anxiety affects students in the foreign language classroom: A comparison of English and Spanish learners in Swedish high schools
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Arts, Communication and Education, Education, Language, and Teaching.
2020 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The study investigated the phenomenon of speaking anxiety in two groups of English learners and two groups of Spanish learners, studying in four different courses: English 5, 6 and Spanish 3, 4. The participants answered a background questionnaire, followed up with a modified foreign language anxiety scale. The students who wanted to also, participated in an interview where they gave more in depth answers about their experience with the phenomenon. The findings showed that students experienced speaking anxiety in relation to their language learning, but at different levels such as low, medium and high-level anxiety groups. In addition to this, possible remedies for speaking anxiety suggested by the participants was also presented in the study.

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2020. , p. 43
Keywords [en]
Speaking anxiety, foreign language anxiety, EFL, ELE
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Educational Sciences Pedagogy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-79027OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-79027DiVA, id: diva2:1432563
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Student thesis, at least 15 credits
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Upper Secondary Education
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Available from: 2020-09-29 Created: 2020-05-27 Last updated: 2025-10-22Bibliographically approved

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