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Ito, Noriko.

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Exploring the nature of language anxiety: Experiences of non-native English-speaking college students in the United States.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Exploring the nature of language anxiety: Experiences of non-native English-speaking college students in the United States./
Author:	Ito, Noriko.
Description:	163 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-10, Section: A, page: 3885.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International69-10A.
Subject:	Education, Language and Literature. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3332387
ISBN:	9780549848677

Exploring the nature of language anxiety: Experiences of non-native English-speaking college students in the United States.
Ito, Noriko.

Exploring the nature of language anxiety: Experiences of non-native English-speaking college students in the United States. - 163 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-10, Section: A, page: 3885.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Orleans, 2008.

The thought of learning another language makes some people cringe, while others display neutral to positive reactions. To understand the complex experiences of students learning a new language, this study investigated the affective psychological development encompassing language anxiety (LA) among nonnative English-speaking college students in the United States (US). The purpose of this study was to identify LA, while keeping in mind that some of the LA experiences may be moderate to none, and to explore the nature of this phenomenon. Ten university students from nine different countries were interviewed concerning their experiences learning and functioning in English in the US. While only a few studies have reviewed the nature of LA encompassing the possible existence of facilitating LA, this study investigated both the positive and negative effects of anxiety on second language learning. The answer to the research question, "How do college students in the US whose native languages are not English experience LA?" was pursued by using qualitative analyses. The results indicated a new construct of LA, identity frustration, and its relationships to the other LA constructs already specified in the literature. The study also suggested the timing when students cease to translate between the two languages to be the point where they experience a lower level of LA. In addition, four other themes emerged. They are culture-related LA; the recursive nature of LA; relationships among self-expectation, self-confidence, and LA; and facilitating LA, termed euphoric language tension.

ISBN: 9780549848677Subjects--Topical Terms:

1018115
Education, Language and Literature.

Exploring the nature of language anxiety: Experiences of non-native English-speaking college students in the United States.
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