THE ANXIETY OF LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE THAT INFLUENCES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LEARNING FRENCH AS THE SECOND FOREIGN LANGUAGE “THE SAMPLE OF DENİZLİ”
LİSE ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN İKİNCİ YABANCI DİL FRANSIZCA ÖĞRENİMLERİNİ ETKİLEYEN YABANCI DİL KAYGISI “DENİZLİ ÖRNEĞİ”

Author : Ertan KUŞÇU
Number of pages : 59-73

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the reasons of French second foreign language learning anxiety levels of high school students. The sample of the study consisted of four hundred fifty six students from two high schools in Denizli province in 2015–2016 academic year. In this work, it has investigated that whether learners’ parents’ education and occupation, sex, class and theirs success levels, and investigated the effects on the level of foreign language anxiety. Results revealed that learners’ anxiety levels were not affected by the mentioned factors. However, it was found that in some of the students, anxiety level was high, the students’ success was low. It was identified that secondary school students’ anxiety level influenced those learners’ academic performance.

Keywords

Foreign language anxiety, second foreign language, high school, language teaching.

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