Psychological Anxiety of College Students' Foreign Language Learning in Online Course

Xue, Wang; Zhang, Wei

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.598992

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“…Öztürk Karataş and Tuncer (2020) determined that speaking was the most disadvantaged skill in distance education and was largely ignored. In Wang & Zhang's (2021) study, it was determined that the skill that foreign language students experienced anxiety the most was the speaking skill. The students stated that the reason for this was the lack of a suitable environment for speaking and the feeling of loneliness.…”

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Views of the Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language on Distance Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic

KARTALLIOĞLU¹

2022

Participatory Educational Research

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This study examines the views of international students learning Turkish as a foreign language (TFL)through distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is qualitative by nature and employed the case study method. The study group consisted of 31 nationals from different countries who had to take preparatory TFL courses in order to qualify as undergraduate students at the faculty of Engineering of the Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University during the 2019-2020 academic year. A semi-structured interview form was used to determine the views of the participating foreign students on distance education during the pandemic. The results showed a decline in the expected language levels of the students due to technology and education-related problems they experienced during their distance learning process. While the students expressed the positive aspects of distance education as protection from the virus, recording of the classes which allowed repeated viewing, gaining experience, and saving time; the negative aspects expressed by the students were lack of previous experience in distance education, feelings of isolation, and having trouble asking for clarification when a teaching point was not understood during classes. More than half of the students stated that their motivation had increased during distance education and that they reported improvement in all their language skills but speaking. While the TFL students expressed positive opinions about online exams stating that they experienced less exam stress and did not have to go to school to take them, they also mentioned negative aspects of those exams such as technical problems they experienced while taking the exams and a high likelihood of cheating. Suggestions were made by the researcher based on the findings.

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Views of the Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language on Distance Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic

KARTALLIOĞLU¹

2022

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“…There have been many studies showing that students in an online environment might experience learning anxiety ( Bolliger and Halupa, 2012 ; Hilliard et al, 2020 ; Wang and Zhang, 2021 ). Our data analysis yielded similar results to previous studies.…”

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“…Regarding the exploration of online learning anxiety, scholars have mostly discussed anxiety in terms of a specific discipline of online learning. Wang and Zhang (2021) investigated psychological anxiety in college students when learning foreign languages online. Faulconer and Griffith (2022) explored students’ anxiety when studying chemistry subjects in an online environment.…”

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Do learners with higher readiness feel less anxious when studying online at home?

Chao

Zhu

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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In response to the COVID-19 outbreak in many parts of the world, online education has become a more viable option. Some studies have assessed undergraduate students’ readiness for online learning, while others examined students’ anxiety about online learning at home. The relationship between readiness and anxiety about online learning is, however, not well explored. This paper has two purposes: (1) to develop a new and valid instrument—the Home-based Online Learning Readiness Questionnaire (HOLRQ)—to measure students’ readiness to study online at home based on a theoretical framework of self-regulated learning. As a replacement for the previous readiness scale, this new instrument adds a section on learning strategies and updates and develops new items. (2) to investigate the relationship between readiness and anxiety in online learning. In order to explore those issues, 527 undergraduate students in China were surveyed in this study. The results indicated that HOLRQ was validated in the following six domains: motivation, self-efficacy, information technology skills, resource management, learning strategies and help-seeking. Chinese undergraduate students were more prepared in resource management, motivation, and help seeking, but less prepared in learning strategies, information technology skills, and self-efficacy. However, the regression analysis showed that readiness did not predict online learning anxiety. It means even highly prepared self-regulated learners may experience anxiety when learning online from home. The findings provide insights for instructors and administrators to determine how students really feel about learning from home with online education.

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“…In terms of emotional experience, individuals under psychological anxiety may perceive fear, worry, nervousness, uneasiness, and annoyance, and may even have a sense of panic and imminent death. In terms of behavioral performance, individuals under psychological anxiety may experience fidgeting, facial tension, and sleepless nights ( Li et al, 2021 ; Wang and Zhang, 2021 ). Focusing on the aspect of English writing, the term psychological anxiety can be extended to writing anxiety or English writing psychological anxiety.…”

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Research on correlation between English writing self-efficacy and psychological anxiety of college students

Bai

2022

Front. Psychol.

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English writing is not only a cognitive process for college students, it is also influenced by factors related to the emotional or psychological level. With the continuous improvement of the quality of university education cultivation, the pressure faced by college students has increased significantly, which has also given rise to general anxiety among college student groups. In order to investigate the correlation between college students’ English writing self-efficacy and English writing psychological anxiety, we conducted a questionnaire survey on 595 current college students who were not majoring in English at a university in China, and used SPSS 25.0 software to make an empirical analysis of the collected data. The results showed that college students’ English writing self-efficacy was at a moderate level, and they lacked self-confidence in their English writing skills and tended to complete writing tasks; college students generally had a moderate level of psychological anxiety in English writing, among which avoidance behavior was the most significant; college students’ English writing self-efficacy was significantly negatively related to English writing psychological anxiety. English writing self-efficacy can reduce psychological anxiety level by enhancing college students’ English writing motivation. Therefore, we suggest that we should set up English writing courses based on the process teaching method, change college students’ English writing psychology in teaching, set reasonable writing goals, mobilize their enthusiasm and motivation in English writing, reduce college students’ writing anxiety, and enhance their self-confidence in English writing.

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Psychological Anxiety of College Students' Foreign Language Learning in Online Course

Cited by 27 publications

References 32 publications

Views of the Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language on Distance Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Views of the Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language on Distance Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Do learners with higher readiness feel less anxious when studying online at home?

Research on correlation between English writing self-efficacy and psychological anxiety of college students

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