Non-Native Teachers’ Foreign Language Pronunciation Anxiety

Abstract

The current study focuses on the link between the age of Slovak EFL teachers and their English pronunciation anxiety and English pronunciation quality. Data were collected by both qualitative (questionnaire and interview) and quantitative methods (scale and test). The correlation analysis revealed positive relationship between age and pronunciation anxiety and negative relationship between age and pronunciation quality which contradicts the traditional belief that the length of teaching experience is a factor reducing teachers’ anxiety.