15. • 1.Trait Anxiety
a more permanent
predisposition to be
anxious. It is related to
learner’s personality.
(Scovel, p. 137).
16. • 2.State Anxiety
apprehension that is
experienced at a
particular moment in
time as a response to a
definite situation.
• (Spielberger 1983)
What if the teacher
calls on me?I always
get the answer wrong!
18. Facilitating vs debilitating anxiety
Facilitating anxiety motivates the learner to ‘fight’ the new
learning task; it gears the learner emotionally for approval
behavior.
Example: Student works hard and passes the exam.
Debilitatiing anxiety motivates the learner to ‘flee’ the new
learning task; it stimulates the individual emotionally to
adopt avoidance behavior. (Scovel, T. ,1978)
Example: run away from exams.
20. •
Horwitz & Cope (1986) developed a foreign language
anxiety scale based on conversation with beginner
learners who identified themselves as anxious. This
questionnaire consists of 33 items relating to the 3
general sources of anxiety.
Communication apprehension
Tests
Fear of Negative Evaluation
21. Teacher’s Role in Class-Room Anxiety
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
State of equilibrium in Class.
Positive Thinking towards Students
Encouragement
Overlook Student’s mistakes
Stress free environment.
Notas del editor
specifically associated with second language contexts, including speaking, listening and learning.Macintyre & Gardner(1994:284)specifically associated with second language contexts, including speaking, listening and learning.Macintyre & Gardner(1994:284)
A student has no anxiety in their classes mayonly have anxiety in your secondlanguage classroom.