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Foreign language anxiety of EFL students: examining the effect of self-efficacy, self-perceived proficiency and sociobiographical variables
Elias Bensalem1.
The present study aims to explore the link between foreign language anxiety (FLA) and selfefficacy,
English self-perceived proficiency, and three sociobiographical variables (gender,
knowledge of a third language, and experience abroad) among 261 Arabic university students
learning English. Data were collected using the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale
(Horwitz, Horwitz, & Cope, 1986) and an Arabic version of the Foreign Language Self-Efficacy
Scale (Torres & Turner, 2016). The findings revealed that this sample of Arab English as a foreign
language (EFL) students experienced an average level of anxiety with female learners suffering
more from anxiety than their male counterparts. Regression analyses revealed that self-efficacy,
self-perceived proficiency in English, and gender were predictors of FLA. The results suggest that
participants who were self-efficacious and felt more proficient in English were significantly less
likely to suffer from FLA. However, even though knowledge of a third language and experience
abroad were correlated with FLA, they had no effect on participants’ anxiety.
Affiliation:
- Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia
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