Exploring the relationship between foreign language anxiety and students’ online engagement at UK universities during the Covid-19 pandemic

IF 0.7 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Language Learning in Higher Education Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI:10.1515/cercles-2022-2054
Jelena O’Reilly, Verónica García-Castro
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Abstract Although foreign language anxiety (FLA) and student engagement have both been found to have significant effects on a number of behavioural and academic outcomes for language students (Awan et al. 2010, Gargalianou et al. 2016). FLA is poorly understood in university students studying English as a second language. However, limited research shows it is present (Haley et al. 2015). Additionally, the relationship between FLA and student engagement has seldom been explored. Therefore, the present exploratory study investigated the relationship between FLA and online learning in university students, particularly focusing on online learning as the new mode of instruction since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We wanted to explore to what extent FLA is present among international students studying in L2 English at UK universities and whether FLA affects engagement with online learning. We tested 65 international students, studying at UK universities, using two newly developed scales for measuring FLA and student engagement with online learning. Participants completed an online questionnaire with background questions, the FLA scale, and the students’ engagement scale. The results of our multiple linear regression analyses suggest that FLA has a significant negative influence on students’ engagement with online learning.
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探索新冠肺炎大流行期间英国大学外语焦虑与学生在线参与度之间的关系
摘要尽管外语焦虑(FLA)和学生参与度都被发现对语言学生的许多行为和学业成绩有显著影响(Awan等人,2010,Gargalianou等人,2016)。将英语作为第二语言学习的大学生很少理解FLA。然而,有限的研究表明它是存在的(Haley等人,2015)。此外,FLA和学生参与度之间的关系很少被探讨。因此,本探索性研究调查了大学生FLA与在线学习之间的关系,特别关注了自新冠肺炎大流行开始以来,在线学习作为一种新的教学模式。我们想探讨FLA在英国大学学习二语英语的国际学生中的存在程度,以及FLA是否影响在线学习。我们测试了65名在英国大学学习的国际学生,使用两种新开发的量表来测量FLA和学生对在线学习的参与度。参与者完成了一份包含背景问题、FLA量表和学生参与度量表的在线问卷。多元线性回归分析的结果表明,FLA对学生参与在线学习有显著的负面影响。
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Language Learning in Higher Education
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期刊介绍: Language Learning in Higher Education deals with the most relevant aspects of language acquisition at university. The CercleS journal presents the outcomes of research on language teaching, blended learning and autonomous learning, language assessment as well as aspects of professional development, quality assurance and university language policy. Its aim is to increase the quality of language teaching and learning programmes offered by university language centers and other providers in higher education by presenting new models and by disseminating the best results of research activities carried out at language centers and in other higher education departments.
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