The sources of foreign language speaking anxiety and the relationship between proficiency level and degree of foreign language speaking anxiety

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buir.advisorWalters, JoDee
dc.contributor.authorBalemir, Serkan Hasan
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T18:10:59Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T18:10:59Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentM.A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Languageen_US
dc.descriptionAnkara : The Department of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Bilkent University, 2009.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2009.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references leaves 87-91.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the sources of foreign language speaking anxiety and the relationship between proficiency levels and degree of foreign language speaking anxiety. The study was conducted at Hacettepe University, with the participation of 234 students from the departments of Basic English, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, International Relations and English Linguistics. Data were collected through a proficiency exam, a questionnaire and interviews. The proficiency exam is an adapted version of the Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency. The questionnaire had two parts. In the second part, the participants were given an adapted version of the Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety Scale (FLSAS), which was developed by Huang (2004). Afterwards, nine students were selected for participation in the interviews to get a more detailed analysis of the sources of foreign language speaking anxiety. The analysis of the quantitative data revealed that the participants had a moderate level of foreign language speaking anxiety, and that the level of learners‟ language proficiency did not play an important role in their degree of foreign language speaking anxiety. The quantitative data also revealed that teaching and testing procedures, personal reasons, and fear of negative evaluation were major anxiety provoking factors. The interview results showed that certain linguistic difficulties were additional sources of foreign language speaking anxiety in this EFL context.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityBalemir, Serkan Hasanen_US
dc.format.extentxi, 107 leavesen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/14917
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectForeign language anxietyen_US
dc.subjectlanguage proficiency levelen_US
dc.subjectforeign language speaking anxietyen_US
dc.subject.lccPE1068.T8 B34 2009en_US
dc.subject.lcshEnglish language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Turkish speakers.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSpeaking.en_US
dc.titleThe sources of foreign language speaking anxiety and the relationship between proficiency level and degree of foreign language speaking anxietyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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