An Investigation into University Students’ Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety

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- Hakan Karatas, Bulent Alci, Mehtap Bademcioglu, Atilla Ergin

In speaking situations, foreign language learners are often anxious about their ability in a foreign language. Ozturk & Gurbuz mentioned that Anxiety which is one of personality factors is a research area in foreign language learning field for so long. focuses on a number of personality factors which may have positive or negative effects in foreign language learning process such as extroversion, self-esteem, motivation, and anxiety. Common definition of anxiety itself is that an unpleasant emotional condition characterized feelings of tension and apprehension. Because of this, they put forward that it plays a crucial role in foreign language learning, and the researchers became interested in conducting research on anxiety and language skills based on the descriptive power of this foreign language anxiety model...click here to continue!