The link between Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety, Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity and Self-rated English proficiency among Chinese learners

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorDewaele, Jean-Marc
dc.contributor.authorIp, Tsui Shan
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-08T06:48:59Z
dc.date.available2013-07-08T06:48:59Z
dc.date.issued2013-03
dc.description.abstractPrevious research has suggested that high levels of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) have a negative effect on foreign language learning (Horwitz, 2001; Lu & Liu, 2011) while moderate levels of Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity (SLTA) are believed to boost foreign language learning (Ely, 1995). There is prima facie evidence that both dimensions are inversely related as Foreign Language Learning contexts are full of ambiguities which may contribute to anxiety. However, the relationship between FLCA and SLTA has been under-researched. The present study is an attempt to fill this gap by investigating the link between SLTA and FLCA in English of 73 secondary school students in Hong Kong. They filled out an online questionnaire consisting of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (Horwitz, Horwitz, & Cope, 1986) and the Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity Scale (Ely, 1995). Statistical analyses revealed that FLCA, SLTA and Self-rated English proficiency predict half of the variance in each other; in other words, students who were more tolerant of second language ambiguity were less anxious in their EFL classes and they also felt more proficient.pl_PL
dc.identifier.citationStudies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 47-66.pl_PL
dc.identifier.issn2083 5205
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/6575
dc.language.isoenpl_PL
dc.publisherZakład Filologii Angielskiej Wydział Pedagogiczno-Artystyczny Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Kaliszupl_PL
dc.subjectSecond Language Tolerance of Ambiguity Scale (SLTAS), Self-rated proficiencypl_PL
dc.subjectForeign Language Anxietypl_PL
dc.subjectTolerance of Ambiguitypl_PL
dc.subjectForeign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS)pl_PL
dc.subjectEnglish as a Foreign Languagepl_PL
dc.titleThe link between Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety, Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity and Self-rated English proficiency among Chinese learnerspl_PL
dc.typeArtykułpl_PL

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
SSLLT 3(1) 47-66 Dewaele, Shan Ip.pdf
Size:
162.97 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.49 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013, vol. 3, no. 1