Reading anxiety and reading comprehension performance of ESL learners / Nurul Azani Samsuddin

It has been negatively associated between the anxiety and students' performance as it symbolized the fear of learning second/foreign language that affected the students in acquiring the new language. This study began with the assertion that there was a relationship between reading anxiety and r...

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Main Author: Samsuddin, Nurul Azani
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14193/
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description It has been negatively associated between the anxiety and students' performance as it symbolized the fear of learning second/foreign language that affected the students in acquiring the new language. This study began with the assertion that there was a relationship between reading anxiety and reading comprehension performance and the reading anxiety was associated to language anxiety but distinguish in certain part. This research aims to explore the relationship between the variables consist of the LA (Language Anxiety), RA (Reading Anxiety) and the reading comprehension performance. The study was conducted to 80 Diploma TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) students in UNISZA (Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin). The instrumentations included were the multiple-choice reading tests and survey questionnaire which consisted of three main sections, the demographic, the English Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (ELCAS) and the English Language Reading Anxiety Scale (ELRAS). Descriptive statistics of frequencies and correlational analysis were done to analyze the data and the result was interpreted. The results signified that the level of RA and LA among the respondents were high despite the fact that they also scored excellent result in the reading comprehension test. There were also relationships among the variables. This study was concluded by elaborating the factors that influence the result and suggestions on how to reduce the anxiety level in learning second/foreign language.
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spelling uitm-141932020-03-04T03:27:30Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14193/ Reading anxiety and reading comprehension performance of ESL learners / Nurul Azani Samsuddin Samsuddin, Nurul Azani Malaysia Comprehension It has been negatively associated between the anxiety and students' performance as it symbolized the fear of learning second/foreign language that affected the students in acquiring the new language. This study began with the assertion that there was a relationship between reading anxiety and reading comprehension performance and the reading anxiety was associated to language anxiety but distinguish in certain part. This research aims to explore the relationship between the variables consist of the LA (Language Anxiety), RA (Reading Anxiety) and the reading comprehension performance. The study was conducted to 80 Diploma TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) students in UNISZA (Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin). The instrumentations included were the multiple-choice reading tests and survey questionnaire which consisted of three main sections, the demographic, the English Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (ELCAS) and the English Language Reading Anxiety Scale (ELRAS). Descriptive statistics of frequencies and correlational analysis were done to analyze the data and the result was interpreted. The results signified that the level of RA and LA among the respondents were high despite the fact that they also scored excellent result in the reading comprehension test. There were also relationships among the variables. This study was concluded by elaborating the factors that influence the result and suggestions on how to reduce the anxiety level in learning second/foreign language. 2013-05 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14193/2/TM_NURUL%20AZANI%20SAMSUDDIN%20%20ED%2013_5.pdf Samsuddin, Nurul Azani (2013) Reading anxiety and reading comprehension performance of ESL learners / Nurul Azani Samsuddin. (2013) Masters thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA. <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/14193.pdf>
spellingShingle Malaysia
Comprehension
Samsuddin, Nurul Azani
Reading anxiety and reading comprehension performance of ESL learners / Nurul Azani Samsuddin
title Reading anxiety and reading comprehension performance of ESL learners / Nurul Azani Samsuddin
title_full Reading anxiety and reading comprehension performance of ESL learners / Nurul Azani Samsuddin
title_fullStr Reading anxiety and reading comprehension performance of ESL learners / Nurul Azani Samsuddin
title_full_unstemmed Reading anxiety and reading comprehension performance of ESL learners / Nurul Azani Samsuddin
title_short Reading anxiety and reading comprehension performance of ESL learners / Nurul Azani Samsuddin
title_sort reading anxiety and reading comprehension performance of esl learners / nurul azani samsuddin
topic Malaysia
Comprehension
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14193/