Measuring L1 Chinese speakers’ anxiety when completing an English as L2 video narration task

IF 1.2 4区 教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Qiong Wang, Shaofeng Li, Martin East
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Abstract

The present study investigated the nature of Chinese as First Language (L1) speakers’ anxiety when completing an oral task in English as Foreign Language (L2). Chinese second-year university students (n = 96) performed a video narration task and completed questionnaires measuring their trait anxiety, foreign language anxiety, and task anxiety. Exploratory factor analysis identified the underlying sub-facets of the task anxiety construct, including language-related difficulties, environment-related anxiety, setting-related anxiety and physiological symptoms. Language-related difficulties explained the largest amount of variance and emerged as the most influential factor. Structural equation modelling demonstrated that task anxiety was an independent construct subject to direct influence from foreign language anxiety and indirect influence from trait anxiety. Findings suggest that task anxiety is a context-specific construct that warrants distinct attention from teachers and researchers. Implications for helping students to cope with anxiety in task-based pedagogy and practice are discussed.
测量汉语第一语言使用者在完成英语作为第二语言的视频解说任务时的焦虑程度
本研究调查了以汉语为第一语言(L1)的人在完成以英语为第二语言(L2)的口语任务时的焦虑性质。中国大学二年级学生(n = 96)完成了一项视频解说任务,并填写了测量其特质焦虑、外语焦虑和任务焦虑的问卷。探索性因子分析确定了任务焦虑结构的基本子集,包括与语言有关的困难、与环境有关的焦虑、与环境有关的焦虑和生理症状。与语言相关的困难解释了最大的方差,并成为最有影响力的因素。结构方程模型表明,任务焦虑是一个独立的结构,受外语焦虑的直接影响和特质焦虑的间接影响。研究结果表明,任务焦虑是一种特定情境下的结构,值得教师和研究人员特别关注。研究还讨论了在任务型教学法和实践中帮助学生应对焦虑的意义。
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