ELTvista is participating in a research project on teachers’ attitudes to a phenomenon known as ‘Foreign Language Anxiety’ (FLA) with regards to oral tasks in the classroom and on proficiency langauge exams. FLA is most often characterized as a feeling of uneasiness experienced by non-native speakers when using or learning a foreign language.

Research  studies into the circumstances of FLA has suggested it is generalizable to both a classroom form, sometime referred to Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA). As form of performance anxiety, it is also often linked general exam anxiety.

Following the conclusion of this specific research, a series of articles will be published on this website presenting both the findings of the study. It is hoped that the conclusions of this research will shed light on and yield practical suggestions for helping teachers help their students overcome FLA.

You can participate in this research project by conducting an online survey at the link below. Agreeing to participate in this study will give you the opportunity to contribute to the understanding of FLA in the field of TESOL.

You can access and complete the survey by clicking here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dERxYUpWWGtOM2U2X0ZSbl9VblREeUE6MQ

Please be assured that strict anonymity will be followed and names of participants will not be connected to any publications of the findings.  Thank you in advance for your participation.

The following are some related links to FLA, FLCA and Test Anxiety we hope you will find interesting.

Article: ‘Words Fail Me’: http://www.utexas.edu/features/2007/language/

Wikipeidia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_language_anxiety

Article: ‘Anxiety and Foreign Language Learning”: http://www.foreignlanguagelearningdifficulties.com/2011/11/there-are-articles-on-subject-of.html

Humanising Language Teaching: http://hltmag.co.uk/jul07/sart05.htm

———————————–

Suggested Reading: