Anxiety Factor
Anxiety is considered to be as one of the most important affective factors, which affect the learner's emotional and behavioral components. These components gathered to create an unpleasant feeling, fear or worry (Seligman et al, 2001). According to Arnold (2000, P.59), language anxiety "ranks high among factors influencing language learning, regardless of whether the setting is informal or formal. Anxiety is the feeling of tension, worry, nervousness and apprehension associated with an arousal of nervous system (Spielberger, 1983).
Ellis (1994), divides anxiety into three types which are trait anxiety, state anxiety and situation anxiety. Situational anxiety is aroused by a specific type of situation or event such as public speaking, class participation or examination. Trait …show more content…
Motivation is the learner's orientation with regard to the goal of learning a second language. Gardner (1985), defined motivation as "the combination of effort plus desire to a achieve the goal of learning the language plus favorable attitudes toward learning the language." Brown(1994), mentioned that motivation is an inner drive, impulse, emotion, or desire that moves one to a particular action. Research shows that motivation influences how often learners use foreign language learning (FLL) strategies, how much input learners receive, how high their proficiency level becomes, and how long the learners maintain FLL skills, (Oxford, 1992). Motivation is perceived to be composed of three elements. These elements are First, effort which reference to the time spent on studying the foreign language. Second, the desire which indicates how much the learner wants to become proficient in the foreign language. Third, the affect which illustrates the learner's emotional reactions to the foreign language (Gardner,
Anxiety is considered to be as one of the most important affective factors, which affect the learner's emotional and behavioral components. These components gathered to create an unpleasant feeling, fear or worry (Seligman et al, 2001). According to Arnold (2000, P.59), language anxiety "ranks high among factors influencing language learning, regardless of whether the setting is informal or formal. Anxiety is the feeling of tension, worry, nervousness and apprehension associated with an arousal of nervous system (Spielberger, 1983).
Ellis (1994), divides anxiety into three types which are trait anxiety, state anxiety and situation anxiety. Situational anxiety is aroused by a specific type of situation or event such as public speaking, class participation or examination. Trait …show more content…
Motivation is the learner's orientation with regard to the goal of learning a second language. Gardner (1985), defined motivation as "the combination of effort plus desire to a achieve the goal of learning the language plus favorable attitudes toward learning the language." Brown(1994), mentioned that motivation is an inner drive, impulse, emotion, or desire that moves one to a particular action. Research shows that motivation influences how often learners use foreign language learning (FLL) strategies, how much input learners receive, how high their proficiency level becomes, and how long the learners maintain FLL skills, (Oxford, 1992). Motivation is perceived to be composed of three elements. These elements are First, effort which reference to the time spent on studying the foreign language. Second, the desire which indicates how much the learner wants to become proficient in the foreign language. Third, the affect which illustrates the learner's emotional reactions to the foreign language (Gardner,