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The Effect of Perception of Teacher Characteristics on Spanish EFL Learners' Anxiety and Enjoyment

DEWAELE, JEAN-MARC ; MAGDALENA, ANDREA FRANCO ; SAITO, KAZUYA

The Modern language journal (Boulder, Colo.), 2019-06, Vol.103 (2), p.412-427 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Malden: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc

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The Effect of Perception of Teacher Characteristics on Spanish EFL Learners' Anxiety and Enjoyment
Author: DEWAELE, JEAN-MARC ; MAGDALENA, ANDREA FRANCO ; SAITO, KAZUYA
Subjects: Accentuation ; Anxieties ; Anxiety ; Classroom management ; Correlation ; English (Second Language) ; English as a second language ; English as a second language instruction ; English teachers ; Foreign accent ; Foreign Countries ; foreign language classroom anxiety ; foreign language enjoyment ; Language Teachers ; Language usage ; Native Language ; Predictor Variables ; Pronunciation ; Second Language Instruction ; Second Language Learning ; Second language teachers ; Spanish language ; Student Attitudes ; teacher accent ; teacher age ; Teacher attitudes ; Teacher Characteristics ; teacher first/foreign language user ; teacher foreign language use ; teacher gender ; teacher strictness ; Teacher Student Relationship ; Teaching Skills
Is Part Of: The Modern language journal (Boulder, Colo.), 2019-06, Vol.103 (2), p.412-427
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Description: The present study explores the relationship between Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) and a number of teacher-centered variables within the Spanish classroom context. Participants were 210 former and current learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) from all over Spain who filled out an online questionnaire with Likert scale items. A moderate negative relationship emerged between FLE and FLCA. Participants who had an L1 English speaker as a teacher reported more FLE and less FLCA than those with a foreign language user of English. Teacher characteristics predicted close to 20% of variance in FLE but only 8% of variance in FLCA. The strongest positive predictor of FLE was a teacher's friendliness while a teacher's foreign accent was a weaker negative predictor. Teacher-centered variables predicted much less variance for FLCA. Participants experienced more FLCA with younger teachers, very strict teachers, and teachers who did not use the foreign language much in class. The findings confirm earlier research that FLE seems to be more dependent on the teachers' pedagogical skills than FLCA.
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Language: English

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The Effect of Perception of Teacher Characteristics on Spanish EFL Learners' Anxiety and Enjoyment

DEWAELE, JEAN-MARC ; MAGDALENA, ANDREA FRANCO ; SAITO, KAZUYA

Malden: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc

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