L2 Communication Anxiety Levels in Relation to Different Communication Partners : An Empirical Study in Japanese EFL Classrooms(Part I,<Special Issue>Towards the Next Decade)

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• In this article, the author presents an empirical study that examines whether second language (L2) communication anxiety varies in relation to the learner's communication partner: non-native teachers of English, native teachers of English, more capable peers, less capable peers, and returnees from English speaking countries. The study also explores the relationship between learners' academic status (i.e. junior high, senior high, or college) and their L2 anxiety level with each communication partner. The study adopted a mixed methodology approach: a questionnaire with 240 Japanese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students and a semi-structured interview with 26 students. The overall results are as follows: (1) L2 anxiety varies depending on communication partners and is particularly high with non-native teachers of English; (2) learners' academic status influences their levels of L2 anxiety with different communication partners; and (3) three reasons may explain the variance in learners' anxiety with different communication partners: fear of negative evaluation by others, nervousness about L2 communication, and a sense of not being evaluated by others. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to Dornyei's L2 motivational self system.

• 社団法人大学英語教育学会の論文
• 2013-03-31

著者

• UEKI Michiko

  Graduate School of Kansai University

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