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Language and Anxiety: Anxiety Sources, Coping, and EFL Learning

Language, Literature and Culture
Vol.1 , No. 1, Publication Date: Mar. 10, 2018, Page: 1-5

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[1]	Po-Chi Kao, General Education Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Linkou Branch, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
[2]	Philip Craigie, Independent Researcher, Melbourne, Australia.

Abstract

This study systematically and comprehensively reviews previous literature in the investigation of language and anxiety. In this review study, three types of performance anxiety related with foreign language acquisition were identified. In addition, several explanations to the development of communication apprehension were given. Three possible relationships between anxiety and language learning were pinpointed. Several potential sources of language anxiety were found. In the end, we reviewed previous studies of how individuals cope with language anxiety and identified strategies used by teachers to help students alleviate communication apprehension as well as pinpointed effective and ineffective strategies used by learners to cope with foreign language learning anxiety. It is hoped that findings of this review study will provide valuable information with significant theoretical and practical importance to increase the understanding of language and anxiety.

Keywords

Anxiety, Foreign Language, Anxiety Sources, Coping, EFL Learning

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