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English Language Anxiety Research Paper

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1. INTRODUCTION
In this Project I am going to talk about learners’ anxieties. The expansion of English language makes an important demand on learning this language and this causes more and more people begin to study English. Language learners usually are stressed, express anxiety and become nervous because they have difficulties in learn this new language for them. “Anxiety is a psychological construct, commonly described by psychologists as a state of apprehension, a vague fear that is only indirectly associated with an object”. (Hilgard, Atkinson, & Atkinson, 1971 cited in Scovel, 1991: 18).
2. METHODOLOGY
The focus of this work is basically theoretical. My project is based on how teachers deal with learners’ anxiety and some strategies for …show more content…

(Hilgard, Atkinson, & Atkinson, 1971 cited in Scovel, 1991: 18).
Anxiety has to obstruct with many types of learning but when it is associated with learn a second language or foreign language is called “second or foreign language anxiety”.
There are two basic questions:
- What is language anxiety? Why is it important to speak and to learn a new language?
- How is foreign language anxiety different from the language anxiety in first language acquisition?
Dealing with the first questions, there are two approaches: (1) Language anxiety in the broader construct of anxiety as a basic human emotion that may be brought on by numerous combinations of situational factors (McIntyre, 1995; McIntyre & Gardner, 1989: cited in Tittle, 1997: 11). In the first approach the learner may be anxious because he has to expose a work in front of the class. The second approach includes a combination of different anxieties that create an anxiety about …show more content…

Also, the predisposition that the teacher has in teach his or her students could affect them in a negative way. There is a demand on communication in language classes where students are exposed in front of others to talk about an issue. After that, the teacher corrects the student and explain the different mistakes he committed, it sometimes provokes weakness and anxiety. The consideration that the teacher has in learners is deeply essential because it could help learners to develop their communication skills in the target language. The teacher could give limitations and low motivation to students if he or she has not motivation in what is explained. Monotony and the disuse of new material provokes in students a negative reaction against the language and

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