Foreign language anxiety of students studying English Language and Literature: A Sample from Turkey

Abstract

A lot of people who are trying to learn a new language feel nervous when they start to study it. The goal
of this study was to compare the degrees of foreign language anxiety experienced by fourth graders
and preparatory class students at Cumhuriyet University's Faculty of English Language and Literature
in Sivas, Turkey. Additionally, the purpose was to determine whether gender had a role in alleviating
students' concern about studying abroad. A total of 98 pupils, including 57 females, who participated
willingly in both the first and second parts of the study were recruited from the preparatory class all the
way through fourth grade. The research personnel used the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale
to gather data. While students' levels of foreign language anxiety were modest in both the preparatory
class and fourth grade, the anxiety level was somewhat greater in the latter. But men were more likely
than females to suffer from anxiety related to learning a new language.