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Communication apprehension in a foreign language: A case of Iranian EFL learners

Advances in Asian Social Science

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Title Communication apprehension in a foreign language: A case of Iranian EFL learners
 
Creator Izadi, Ahmad; Abadan Branch, Islamic Azad University
Atasheneh, Naser; Abadan Branch, Islamic Azad University
 
Subject foreign language anxiety, communicative skills, correlation
 
Description This study aims at investigating the affects of foreign language anxiety on the communicative skills of listening and speaking of a sample of Iranian EFL students. Using correlation technique, the study found that anxiety negatively influence the performance of EFL learners on listening comprehension and speaking. The results have implications for a more anxiety free atmosphere of language learning to produce more autonomous learners.
 
Publisher World Science Publisher
 
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Date 2012-03-04
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Identifier http://worldsciencepublisher.org/journals/index.php/AASS/article/view/116
 
Source Advances in Asian Social Science; Vol 1, No 1 (2012); 79-81
2167-6429
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://worldsciencepublisher.org/journals/index.php/AASS/article/view/116/140
 
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