EFL Learners' Anxiety Relative to Brain Dominance and the ESL/EFL Differences

• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: Jong-Duk Jang
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』영미어문학 제111호, 223~243쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2013.12.31

영문 초록

Many previous studies have demonstrated that foreign language anxiety plays an important role in learning a foreign language. To investigate one source of anxiety, the present study directly examined the relationship between brain dominance and foreign language anxiety, with 184 Korean EFL students. The results showed that left-brain dominant EFL students were more anxious in their English classes than right-brain dominant students. Regarding proficiency levels, beginners showed strong relationship tr = .755), and intermediate students showed moderate relationship (r = .566), whereas advanced students showed relatively weak, but still significant relationship (r = .342), which indicated one ESL/EFL difference: advanced ESL learners did not show any significant relationship between the two variables. These results indicate that left-brain dominance causes high levels of anxiety and that EFL teachers with many left-brain dominant students in class need to develop anxiety-reducing tasks or activities.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Method

3. Results and Discussion

4. Conclusion and Implication

References

키워드

left- or right-brain dominance foreign language anxiety proficiency level ESL/EFL difference