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Gender Oriented Speaking Anxiety

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1. Introduction This chapter provides information about the background of the study with a brief summary of foreign language speaking anxiety and the possible relationship between gender and speaking anxiety. It also presents the aim and the significance of the study. Finally, it gives the operational definitions about the study.
1.1 Background of the Study English has been the most popular foreign language to be taught for many years in our country. Knowing this language is generally a crucial prerequisite in many areas such as a good job, a successful career and even a good status in the community. However, learners' levels of success in using English effectively in their lives do not satisfy the expectations because language learning …show more content…

No matter how hard they try for it, it may be sometimes impossible to go a step further because anxiety is the most common reaction in language classrooms. When the literature is examined, one can see that there are many factors causing this problem. Gender is one of the dominant reasons affecting speaking anxiety. Therefore, it is the main focus of this study. Also, knowing the effect of gender on the process of language learning and performance will pave the way for a better understanding of the underlying reasons of 8th grade students' foreign language speaking anxiety from gender …show more content…

In order to explore these, the researcher will find the general speaking anxiety levels of the students. Then, the study aims to form the relationship between the gender of the learners and their speaking anxiety levels for speaking skill. The researcher also aims to compare the results of the speaking anxiety of two different genders. The researcher hopes to find out some new ways of evaluation of the terms of speaking anxiety and gender-related issues in the context of secondary school.
1.4. Research Questions This study is an attemp to focus on foreign language speaking anxiety at secondary schools, more specifically, at 8th grade. Effect of gender on speaking anxiety is another important issue to investigate. Thus, the research questions include the

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