A survey research on the influences left by anxiety on listening comprehension of grade 12 students at Gia Vien A high school

• Main Author: Lương, Thị Thúy Hằng
• Other Authors: Phan, Văn Quế
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: ĐHNN 2017
• Subjects: Tiếng Anh; Kỹ năng nghe hiểu
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/39905
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Foreign language anxiety is one of the best predictors in accounting for individual differences in language learning success in SLA, and that it is proved to be one of the most essential and influential affective factors. The present study adopts English listening questionnaire( Listening Anxiety Questionnaire developed by Kim - 2000), interview and classroom observation to conduct a survey on English listenin g anxiety with 79 English non - majors at seven 12 classes. The results show that there exist certain negative correlations both between English listening anxiety and listening achievement. This thesis investigates the influence anxiety has on listening com prehension, explores the potential sources of English listening anxiety in a hope to create a low - anxiety classroom atmosphere, and help to improve students’ listening performance and proficiency in a most favorable affective state