Perceived Stress and Anxiety Among University EFL Students in KRI During COVID-19
Reman Sabah Meena 1 & Hiwa Fouad Ali 2 & Gashbin Khalid 3
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1, 2 English Language Teaching Department, Faculty of Education, Tishk International University, Iraq
Published: February 22, 2023
Abstract
This paper explores differences in 233 learners’ foreign language online classroom anxiety in online English as Foreign Language (EFL) classes during the first pandemic lockdown in the spring of 2020. For this purpose, the quantitative data were collected via an online Google form containing 35 items. The results showed that most of the EFL learners had a moderate Online Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) level. The most influential factors that caused Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) were the unexpected questions teachers were asking students during the online classes. Therefore, students’ anxieties were highly significant while practicing the foreign language, and they were not prepared to practice it with their peers during online classes.
Keywords: Foreign language anxiety, EFL, FLCA, covid-19
DOI: 10.23918/vesal2023v31