Reading aloud and foreign language learner communication
In my paper, I will examine the liability of advanced English language learners to foreign language anxiety (FLA) and in what ways they could cope with this phenomenon. I will also examine the impact of the reading aloud (RA) technique on the oral performance of my participants. I focus on speaking...
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| Dokumentumtípus: | Könyv része |
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JATEPress
Szeged
2020
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| Sorozat: | Acta Universitatis Szegediensis de Attila József nominatae : papers in english and american studies
25 Papers in English and American studies : Tomus XXV. - Distinguished Szeged student papers 2020 25 |
| Kulcsszavak: | Idegen nyelv tanulása - kutatás |
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| Online Access: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/86803 |
| Tartalmi kivonat: | In my paper, I will examine the liability of advanced English language learners to foreign language anxiety (FLA) and in what ways they could cope with this phenomenon. I will also examine the impact of the reading aloud (RA) technique on the oral performance of my participants. I focus on speaking skills in my paper because these skills proved to be the most anxiety-provoking to the majority foreign language (FL) learners. The improvement in speaking skills were the most important for many FL learners (see those studies I note in the introduction and in the literature review). My results showed similarities with other studies: advanced language learners are also liable to experience FLA (six out of twelve participants were considered anxious students based on their answers in the questionnaire) and they find the same situations anxiety-provoking. My participant reported that the RA technique had positive impact on them; I achieved higher level anxiety in the case of one participant who did not want to continue the tasks. Despite critics’ doubts, if we pay attention to the length and complexity of sentences, learner proficiency and we have a clear objective, the RA technique can indeed be a useful learning aid both for those learners who have higher level of anxiety and those who only would like to practice and get into the language before performing a task in English. |
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| Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők: | 199-215 |
| ISBN: | 978-963-315-428-1 |
| ISSN: | 0230-2780 |