Testing Effects of Foreign Language Listening Anxiety on Chinese University Students' English Listening Test Performance

Frontiers in Psychology

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Meihua Liu¹  Hongliang Xu² 

[1] Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Tsinghua University;School of Foreign Studies, Fuyang Normal University

关键词: foreign language listening anxiety;    test performance;    English proficiency;    gender;    effect;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.701926

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The present research explored how foreign language listening anxiety (FLLA) affected Chinese university students' English listening test performance and how proficiency and gender mediated the effects of FLLA on the latter. Two different populations from two universities in China answered the 20-item Foreign Language Listening Anxiety Scale (FLLAS) as well as a demographic questionnaire and took an English listening test. Analyses of the collected data revealed the following major findings: (a) Five latent factors underlay the FLLAS, (b) when working alone, FLLA significantly negatively predicted students' English listening test performance, and (c) when working with proficiency and gender, English proficiency level, gender and FLLAS2 (proficiency in English listening) significantly predicted students' English listening test performance. These findings confirm the negative effects of FLLA on students' English listening test performance. They also indicate that English proficiency and gender mediate FLLA's effects on the latter, with English proficiency not only directly but also indirectly affecting the latter.

【 授权许可】

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