TY  - JOUR
T1  - English Language Learning Anxiety among Iranian EFL Freshman University Learners
AU - Bidabadi, Farinaz Shirani AU - Yamat, Hamidah 
JO  - Research Journal of Applied Sciences
VL  - 7
IS  - 8
SP  - 413
EP  - 420
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-932x
DO  - rjasci.2012.413.420
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjasci.2012.413.420
KW  - Learning
KW  -anxiety
KW  -EFL learners
KW  -freshmen learners
KW  -English language
KW  -Malaysia
AB  - The purpose of this study was to identify university freshmen’s 
  anxiety in foreign language classrooms and offer some strategies to decrease 
  their anxiety. It explored how students felt towards learning how to listen, 
  speak, read and write in English. Another aim was to find out whether there 
  was a significant difference between males and females’ 
  level of anxiety. A group of 26 males and 37 female Iranian freshmen were randomly 
  selected from which 2 males and 2 females were then selected for the open-ended 
  structured questions. The data were collected through a Foreign Language Classroom 
  Anxiety (FLCA) and open-ended structured questionnaires. The descriptive analysis 
  indicated that these freshmen experienced the anxiety of being evaluated negatively 
  in English classrooms. The findings also demonstrated that there was no statistically 
  significant difference between the mean scores of male and female learners’ 
  foreign language learning anxiety. The open-ended structured questionnaire findings 
  demonstrated that the participants felt anxious and nervous while learning the 
  language skills of English. This study implies a non-threatening environment 
  significant to enhance language learning.
ER  -