The two faces of Janus? Anxiety and enjoyment in the foreign language classroom

dc.contributor.authorDewaele, Jean-Marc
dc.contributor.authorMacIntyre, Peter D.
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-06T09:01:25Z
dc.date.available2014-10-06T09:01:25Z
dc.date.issued2014-06
dc.description.abstractThe present study investigates Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) in the classroom. Participants were 1746 current FL learners from around the world. We used a measure of FLE, based on Likert scale ratings of 21 items (Dewaele & MacIntyre, 2014), and a measure of FLCA based on 8 items extracted from the FLCAS (Horwitz, Horwitz, & Cope, 1986). Statistical analyses revealed that levels of FLE were significantly higher than those of FLCA. FLE and FLCA were linked to a number of independent variables: participants’ perception of their relative level of proficiency within the FL classroom, number of languages known, education level, number of FLs under study, age group and general level of the FL (ranging from lower-intermediate to advanced). Female participants reported both more FLE and more FLCA. Cultural background of participants also had a significant effect on their scores. Partici- pants’ views on episodes of enjoyment in the FL class revealed the importance of teachers’ professional and emotional skills and of a supportive peer group. Many participants mentioned the moment at which they realised that their long effort in mastering an aspect of the FL paid off.pl_PL
dc.description.articlenumber5pl_PL
dc.description.journaltitleStudies in Second Language Learning and Teachingpl_PL
dc.description.number2pl_PL
dc.description.pageof237pl_PL
dc.description.pageto274pl_PL
dc.description.volume4pl_PL
dc.identifier.citationStudies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 237-272.pl_PL
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.14746/ssllt.2014.4.2.5
dc.identifier.issn2083 5205
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/11760
dc.language.isoenpl_PL
dc.publisherZakład Filologii Angielskiej Wydział Pedagogiczno-Artystyczny Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Kaliszupl_PL
dc.subjectForeign Language Enjoymentpl_PL
dc.subjectForeign Language Classroom Anxi- etypl_PL
dc.subjectIndividual differencespl_PL
dc.titleThe two faces of Janus? Anxiety and enjoyment in the foreign language classroompl_PL
dc.typeArtykułpl_PL

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