Perception of Chinese Junior High School Students on Factors and Activities Causing Anxiety in English Language Learning

Name: Yi Luo

Name: Anchalee Chayanuvat

keyword: anxiety

; Chinese junior high school students

; English learning

; perception

Abstract: The objectives of this study were 1) to investigate the factors causing the Chinese English language learner anxiety, and 2) to explore the activities that may cause anxiety in learning English. A mixed-methods approach was used in this study. 124 high school students from Yunnan Province, China, were selected with stratified population sampling techniques calculated by Yamane’s formula as the questionnaire respondents from a study population of 180. The quantitative data results showed high scores for all factors and activities, with an overall mean of 3.80 (S.D.=1.67). The 'English Language' factor received the highest score, while 'Environment' and 'Myself' factors scored the lowest. The activities that triggered anxiety most were especially the English grammar tasks (x̅ =4.06/S.D.=1.05). In addition, tension from the use of the English language (x̅ =3.63/S.D.=1.13) was found to induce anxiety. The findings from the interviewed data of nine volunteers revealed the challenges of the English language they faced, brought by low motivation, lack of achievement, fear of failure, low confidence, the sense of inadequacy due to poor language skills as the key causes of anxiety. Recommendation for the teachers to best support their students are to give significance to the affective factors while teaching.

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Created: 2566

Modified: 2568-02-26

Issued: 2568-02-21

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BibliograpyCitation : มนุษยสังคมสาร (มสส.), ปีที่ 21 ฉบับ 3 (กันยายน - ธันวาคม) : หน้า 203-223

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