2017
DOI: 10.1186/s40862-017-0026-y
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Ecological understanding of foreign language speaking anxiety: emerging patterns and dynamic systems

Abstract: Anxiety in speaking English is a critical affective reaction to second language acquisition. Moreover, language learning is an emotionally dynamic process which produces fluctuations in learners' speaking anxiety. Therefore, this case study was designed to investigate English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' speaking anxiety from an ecological perspective based on nested ecosystems model and complex dynamic system theory. Four intermediate level female students with an average age of 15 were selected and … Show more

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“…EFL students are highly likely to face problems in generating ideas if they are required to talk about unfamiliar topics. Tuan and Mai (2015) along with Kasbi and Shirvan (2017) identified lack of topical knowledge as the cause of high speaking anxiety that made students speak very little, or not at all, as they could not think of anything to say, and became unwilling to participate in the speaking classroom. Furthermore, the speaking topics should correspond to the cognitive level of the students; otherwise, it could hamper the students' ability to speak well.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…EFL students are highly likely to face problems in generating ideas if they are required to talk about unfamiliar topics. Tuan and Mai (2015) along with Kasbi and Shirvan (2017) identified lack of topical knowledge as the cause of high speaking anxiety that made students speak very little, or not at all, as they could not think of anything to say, and became unwilling to participate in the speaking classroom. Furthermore, the speaking topics should correspond to the cognitive level of the students; otherwise, it could hamper the students' ability to speak well.…”
Section: Cognitive Factorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some linguists (e.g. Kasbi & Shirvan, 2017;Mukminin et al, 2015;Rahman, 2017;Sadeghi et al, 2013) underline lack of a rich vocabulary and knowledge of grammar and collocation, particularly in the arrangement of words in a correct order are linguistic factors that can ruin confidence and cause the emergence of anxiety. This happens because the students are too concerned with the quality of their appearance and become worried about the consequences of failing in the course (Alsowat, 2016).…”
Section: Cognitive Factorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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