Exploring Self-efficacy and Anxiety Level of EFL Students on Foreign Language Learning

• Main Authors: Chang, Jung-Chia, 張容嘉
• Other Authors: Hsu, Pi-Ying
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2agpv7

碩士 === 朝陽科技大學 === 應用英語系 === 106 === This quantitative study aims to investigate EFL college students’ self-efficacy and anxiety levels on foreign language learning, and whether there is any correlation between self-efficacy and anxiety on learning foreign language. 300 English major students at a university in central Taiwan participated in this study. In order to measure the students’ levels of self-efficacy on foreign language learning, the Questionnaire of English Self-Efficacy (QESE) scale developed by Wang (2004), and modified by Wang and Bai (2016) was used. Besides, the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) developed by Horwitz, Horwitz, and Cope (1986), which was utilized to measure the levels of students’ anxiety during foreign language class. Descriptive statistics, T-test, and correlation analysis were employed in this study. The results showed that the majority of the EFL college students had moderate levels of self-efficacy and anxiety on foreign language learning. In addition, there was a significant correlation between self-efficacy and foreign language anxiety. The findings of the study also revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between college students’ English self-efficacy in terms of gender. Moreover, there was no significant difference between male and female college students on foreign language anxiety. Implications of the results, limitations and suggestions for future research were also presented.