Character Traits and Foreign Language Anxiety on Foreign language studying

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Character Traits and Foreign Language Anxiety on Foreign language studying

Wenxuan He 1*
  • 1 Tianjin Foreign Studies University, No.117, Machang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, China    
  • *corresponding author 100972@yzpc.edu.cn
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Abstract

On the basis of systematically reviewing the relevant research literature on foreign language studying anxiety domestically and internationally, this paper focuses on four aspects: the identification of anxiety about studying a foreign language and the creation of evaluation methods, the impacts of studying a second language fear of acquiring a new language, the impact of personality on studying a new language, the connection between personality, anxiety related to studying a second language, and its consequences for teaching. Numerous findings imply that stress has a detrimental effect on second language studying. Additionally, some research has shown that anxiety has a detrimental influence on particular parts of studying a second language in addition to how well a person performs overall. In addition, the correlation of specific personality traits, like confidence, introversion, emotional stability, self-esteem, etc. with learning a second language has been demonstrated in numerous research. Finally, the paper discusses the pedagogical implications of these findings.

Keywords:

Foreign languages anxiety, Personality trait, Foreign language studying

He,W. (2023). Character Traits and Foreign Language Anxiety on Foreign language studying. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,6,441-448.
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[29]. Oz, H. (2014). Big five character traits and willingness to communicate among foreign language learners in Turkey. Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, 42(9), 1473-1482.

[30]. ASMALI, M. (2017). Big five character traits and test anxiety among English as a foreign language learners. Iğdır Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, (11), 1-21.

[31]. Tsiplakides, I., & Keramida, A. (2009). Helping students overcome foreign language speaking anxiety in the English classroom: theoretical issues and practical recommendations. International Education Studies, 2(4), 39-44.

[32]. Young, D. J. (1991). Creating a low-anxiety classroom environment: What does language anxiety research suggest?. The modern language journal, 75(4), 426-439.


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He,W. (2023). Character Traits and Foreign Language Anxiety on Foreign language studying. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,6,441-448.

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References

[1]. Speilberger, C. D., Gorsuch, R., Lushene, R., Vagg, P. R., & Jacobs, G. A. (1983). Manual for the state-trait anxiety inventory. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists.

[2]. Burger, J. M. (1993). Personality. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks.

[3]. Şahin, F., Gurbuz, S., & Köksal, O. (2014). Cultural intelligence (CQ) in action: The effects of personality and international assignment on the development of CQ. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 39, 152-163.

[4]. Hassan, B. A. (2001). Extraversion/Introversion and Gender in Relation to the English Pronunciation Accuracy of Arabic Speaking College Students.

[5]. Jung, M. A. (2011). Korean EFL university students' willingness to communicate in English. Indiana University.

[6]. Griffiths, R. (1991). Personality and Second-Language Learning: Theory, Research, and Practice.

[7]. Robinson, D., Gabriel, N., & Katchan, O. (1994). Personality and second language learning. Personality and Individual differences, 16(1), 143-157.

[8]. Liu, M., & Ni, H. (2015). Chinese University EFL Learners' Foreign Language Writing Anxiety: Pattern, Effect and Causes. English Language Teaching, 8(3), 46-58.

[9]. Ehrman, M., & Oxford, R. (1990). Adult language learning styles and strategies in an intensive training setting. The modern language journal, 74(3), 311-327.

[10]. Liu, M., & Zhang, W. (2008). An exploration of Chinese EFL learners’ foreign language anxiety, personality and self-esteem. Journal of Applied Linguistics, 5(2), 181-203.

[11]. Wei, F. (2016). An Empirical Study on the influence of foreign language studying anxiety on College Students' English comprehensive application ability under the network multimodal environment [J]. Audio visual foreign language teaching, 6, 68-73.

[12]. Dong, L., Liu, M., & Yang, F. (2022). The Relationship Between Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety, Enjoyment, and Expectancy-Value Motivation and Their Predictive Effects on Chinese High School Students’ Self-Rated Foreign Language Proficiency. Frontiers in Psychology, 13.

[13]. Horwitz, E. K., Horwitz, M. B., & Cope, J. (1986). Foreign language classroom anxiety. The Modern language journal, 70(2), 125-132.

[14]. Spielberger, C. D. (1966). Theory and research on anxiety; in Anxiety and behavior. Spielbergered, 3-22.

[15]. Naser Oteir, I., & Nijr Al-Otaibi, A. (2019). Foreign language anxiety: A systematic review. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Volume, 10.

[16]. Alpert, R., & Haber, R. N. (1960). Anxiety in academic achievement situations. The Journal of abnormal and social psychology, 61(2), 207.

[17]. MacIntyre, P. D., & Gardner, R. C. (1991). Methods and results in the study of anxiety and language learning: A review of the literature. Language learning, 41(1), 85-117.

[18]. MacIntyre, P., & Gregersen, T. (2012). Affect: The role of language anxiety and other emotions in language learning. In Psychology for language learning (pp. 103-118). Palgrave Macmillan, London.

[19]. Phillips, E. M. (1992). The effects of language anxiety on students' oral test performance and attitudes. The modern language journal, 76(1), 14-26.

[20]. Tsai, P. C., & Cheng, Y. S. (2009). The effects of rhetorical task type, English proficiency, and writing anxiety on senior high school students' English writing performance. English teaching period, 33(3), 95-131.

[21]. Young, D. J. (1986). The relationship between anxiety and foreign language oral proficiency ratings. Foreign Language Annals, 19(5), 439-445.

[22]. Chastain, K. (1975). Affective and ability factors in second‐language acquisition. Language learning, 25(1), 153-161.

[23]. Šafranj, J., & Zivlak, J. (2019). Effects of big five character traits and fear of negative evaluation on foreign language anxiety. Croatian Journal of Education, 21(1), 275-306.

[24]. Kocovski, N. L., & Endler, N. S. (2000). Social anxiety, self‐regulation, and fear of negative evaluation. European Journal of Personality, 14(4), 347-358.

[25]. Ganesh Kumar, J., Athilakshmi, R., Maharishi, R., & Maya, R. (2015). Relationship between fear of negative evaluation and anxiety. The International Journal of Indian Psychology, 3(1), 74-80.

[26]. Kocovski, N. L., & Endler, N. S. (2000). Self‐Regulation: Social Anxiety and Depression 1. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 5(1), 80-91.

[27]. Tzoannopoulou, M. (2016). Foreign language anxiety and fear of negative evaluation in the Greek university classroom. Selected papers on theoretical and applied linguistics, 21, 823-838.

[28]. Verhoeven, L., & Vermeer, A. (2002). Communicative competence and personality dimensions in first and second language learners. Applied Psycholinguistics, 23(3), 361-374.

[29]. Oz, H. (2014). Big five character traits and willingness to communicate among foreign language learners in Turkey. Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, 42(9), 1473-1482.

[30]. ASMALI, M. (2017). Big five character traits and test anxiety among English as a foreign language learners. Iğdır Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, (11), 1-21.

[31]. Tsiplakides, I., & Keramida, A. (2009). Helping students overcome foreign language speaking anxiety in the English classroom: theoretical issues and practical recommendations. International Education Studies, 2(4), 39-44.

[32]. Young, D. J. (1991). Creating a low-anxiety classroom environment: What does language anxiety research suggest?. The modern language journal, 75(4), 426-439.