Investigating Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety Among Advanced Learners of English

摘要: The article investigates foreign language anxiety among advanced learners of English who are also MA students specialising in EFL teaching. Past research results concerning the correlation between and level proficiency not unanimous. Some studies show that levels decrease with (e.g. Gardner et al. 1997; Tanaka Ellis 2003) while others indicate a higher correlates Kitano 2001; Marcos-Llinas Garau 2009). Therefore, this study aimed to analyse whether an knowledge suffer from speaking anxiety, how their self-assessment skills relates apprehension, what components greatest stressors for them, typical elements classroom learning contribute experience any bodily, emotional, expressive verbal reactions stress speaking. found participants worry context language; few them satisfied skills; over half mainly worried about fluency, vocabulary, pronunciation content oral performances; most common peers, making errors being called on speak spontaneously; majority afraid communication native speakers. numerous bodily emotional problems Moreover, distorted psycholinguistic symptoms can be observed.