Indonesian High School Learners’ Fear of Negative Evaluation and Ought-to L2 Self

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the Indonesian high school science learners’ Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE), which is a second language (L2) anxiety construct, Ought to L2 Self (OL2S), an L2 motivation construct, and the relationship between FNE and OL2S. The study employed a survey method with 190 learners from a private high school participating in it. Based on the descriptive statistics, the learners generally had a moderate level of FNE and OL2S. The FNE analysis showed that they had self-perception of low English competence and were afraid to speak without preparation. In OL2S, the analysis suggested that the learners believed that people around them did not consider their English mastery a priority. Through correlation formula, the study found a positive yet weak correlation between learners’ FNE and their OL2S. It suggested that the higher learners’ FNE, the higher they perceived responsibility to avoid negative outcomes. Besides, the finding also suggested that English instruction could be designed in such a way to attract the interest of learners from non-English language streams to give their best and promote active collaboration to lessen self-comparison among them. The limitations and contributions of the study were also discussed to provide possible directions for future studies.

Fear of Negative Evaluation Factors from Ought-to L2 Self among Indonesian High School EFL Learners

“…The present qualitative study was the continuation of our quantitative study (Glory & Subekti, 2021) involving 190 high school EFL learners of science stream at a private university in a big city in Java, Indonesia. In that previous study, an online questionnaire was distributed to investigate their FNE and OL2S levels as well as the association between them (Glory & Subekti, 2021). Through data analysis in SPSS 25, the FNE and OL2S levels of all of the participants in that previous study could be categorically differentiated into low FNE, medium FNE, and high FNE.…”

“…The present study employed online interviews via Google Meet to collect data to answer the research question. From the previous study by Glory and Subekti (2021), six participants (three male and three female) were selected and invited for interviews. Two participants were from the high FNE category, two from the medium FNE category, and the other two from the low FNE category.…”

Islamic junior high school students’ English proficiency test scores and their L2 motivational self-system: a correlational study

“…Wong (2018) reasoned that the attainment in learning a language was inclined by individuals' learning eagerness, in which learners were encouraged to acquire a target language progressively. Thus, the L2MSS aimed to ascertain the correspondence between a pupil's character and language learning (Chen, 2022;Donyei & Al-Hoorie, 2017;Glory & Subekti, 2021;Lee et al, 2020;Wang, 2018). Viewing the L2MSS, Dornyei (2009) drew three possible selves: the ideal L2 self, the ought-to L2 self, and the L2 learning experience.…”