English Speaking Anxiety of Korean University Students
- 주제(키워드) English Speaking Anxiety , EFL
- 발행기관 고려대학교 대학원
- 지도교수 김기호
- 발행년도 2012
- 학위수여년월 2012. 8
- 학위구분 석사
- 학과 일반대학원 영어영문학과
- 세부전공 영어학
- 원문페이지 93 p
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/korea/000000034932
- 본문언어 영어
- 제출원본 000045720548
초록/요약
This thesis investigates the English speaking anxiety causes of Korean university learners in EFL context concerning the relationship of speaking anxiety with other variables in terms of L2 English speaking anxiety, L2 motivation, cultural identity-related fear, parental influence, L1 communication apprehension, personality in association with research questions: 1) What are the most significant contributing factors of English speaking anxiety for learners in Korea? 2) Are there differences between students with high English proficiency and low English proficiency? To seek the result for the research questions, the data is collected from 220 Korean EFL university students by the questionnaire. The questionnaire is designed to investigate the causes of the anxiety in English speaking and required 220 university students to circle the 31 questions with 5-point Likert scale using questionnaire. Thus, this study provides that English speaking anxiety is primarily provoked by the L1 communication apprehension and personality factors and obvious differences with respect to parental influence in comparison between high proficiency and low proficiency. On the basis of this result, I hope this present study will not only help the understanding the causes of English speaking anxiety of university students learning English at EFL context, but also contribute to English education.
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Abstract i
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Literature Review 7
2.1 English Speaking Anxiety 9
2.1.1 Debilitating Anxiety 11
2.1.2 Ficilitating Anxiety 12
2.2 Social and Cultural Identity Related Fear 13
2.2.1 Confucianism 13
2.2.2 English Classroom Environment in Korea 15
2.3 Parental Influence 17
2.4 Personality 18
2.4.1 Extroversion and Introversion 18
2.4.2 Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation 19
2.5 Belief of Inaccuracy and Lack of Knowledge 20
2.6 L1 Transfer 22
2.7 Research Questions 24
Chapter 3 Methodology 25
3.1 Pilot study 25
3.1.1 Participants 25
3.1.2 Methodology and Analysis 26
3.1.3 Results and Findings 26
3.2 Procedure 27
3.2.1 Participants 27
3.2.3 Data Analysis 31
Chapter 4 Results and Discussions 34
4.1 General Characteristics of Participants 35
4.2 The Mean of Variables 38
4.2.1 L2 English Speaking Anxiety 40
4.2.2 L2 Motivation 43
4.2.3 Cultural Identity-Related Fear 44
4.2.4 Parental Influence 46
4.2.5 L1 Communication Apprehension 47
4.2.6 Personality 49
4.3 Comparison Test 51
4.3.1 Comparison between High Proficiency and Low Proficiency 51
4.3.2 Comparison between English Proficiency Levels Depending on Subjective Judgment 53
4.3.3 A Gender-based Comparison 55
4.3.4 Comparison between Abroad Experience and Inexperience 57
Chapter 5 Conclusion and Implication 61
References 66
Appendix 1 English Version 75
Appendix 2 Original Korean Version 79
Appendix 3 Variables under Investigation 82
