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THE EFFECT OF AFFECT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING: A REVIEW OF THE ANXIETY RESEARCH
Abstract
Although studies of the relationship between affective factors and language learning proficiency abound in the literature, the evidence to support such a relationship is difficult to interpret. Much of the problem resides in the fact that a wide range of variables are lumped together under the rubric “affect.” An attempt is made to ameliorate this situation by defining affective variables in terms of traditional psychological theory and classifying them as a subset of those variables intrinsic to the learner. The conflicting evidence dealing with one important affective variable, anxiety, is then examined, and it is shown that ambiguous experimental results can be resolved if the distinction between facilitating and debilitating anxiety is drawn. Further classificatory distinctions are discussed from the abundant experimentation undertaken by applied psychologists, and an attempt is made to consider the implications of some of this research for adult language learning–for some of the new methodologies in EFL as well as for future research opportunities.
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- Authors
- Scovel, T.
- Venue
- Language Learning
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1978-07
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 129-142
- ISSN
- 0023-8333 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9922
- OpenAlex
- W2043371315
- Cited by
- 1,047
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 9.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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