Anxiety. Does it make much difference in learning a second language?

Abstract

In this paper, drawbacks and useful sides of anxiety in learning a foreign language are tried to be exposed. The importance of the theme in the field of psychology and language teaching is that it may have a practical idea in the educational area for the teachers of English as a foreign language which is emphasized alongside the whole work. The authors are giving their understanding of anxiety from the works of scholars in the field of educational psychology and give some examples from their own experience. Some analyses of other researchers’ findings are given throughout the article by appropriate citations from their points of view in that field, particularly, anxiety as a phenomenon as well as anxiety in learning a foreign language.