Middle School Perceptions of Foreign Language Experience in Relation to Perceptions of Anxiety and Self-Efficacy When Taking Spanish.

详细信息   

• 作者：Campana ; Carly Joanne.
• 学历：Ed.D.
• 年：2016
• 毕业院校：Wilmington University (Delaware).bCollege of Education.
• Department：Educationalpsychology.
• ISBN：9781321963151
• CBH：3717017
• FileSize：1773190
• Pages：102

文摘

This quantitative study explored the relationship between student perceptions of their prior middle school foreign language learning experiences in relation to perceptions of student anxiety and self-efficacy, when taking Introduction to Spanish I or Spanish I in 8th grade. The study also examined how perceptions of prior foreign language experience relates to student perceptions of anxiety and self-efficacy if a correlation exists between perceptions of prior foreign language experience, anxiety, and self-efficacy of middle school Foreign Language Learners (FLL), and examines the degree to which the variables established within each construct (prior foreign language learning experience, anxiety, and self-efficacy) can predict the construct itself. The main predictors of student anxiety and low self-efficacy and the correlation between anxiety and self-efficacy were also examined. Results from this study demonstrate that there is a correlation between prior foreign language learning experience, anxiety, and self-efficacy. Students from this study experienced the most anxiety over the fear that other students might laugh at them in class. Student self-efficacy was predicted by students' concern over their ability to be able to communicate and to be successful in class. Perceptions of prior foreign language learning experience were predicted by the students' elementary foreign language learning experiences. Recommendations regarding future research include further exploration into early foreign language acquisition and the variables of prior foreign language experience, anxiety, self-efficacy, gender, ethnicity, and motivation.