Foreign Language Anxiety and Foreign Language Self-Efficacy: A Meta-Analysis (Poster 17)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Fourteen
  In Poster Session: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis SIG Poster Session

Abstract

According to control-value theory, students with more foreign language (FL) anxiety than other students might have lower FL self-efficacy but past studies showed mixed results. Hence, this meta-analysis examined 54 effect sizes from 48 studies of 29,273 students to determine the overall relation between FL anxiety and FL self-efficacy. The results showed a moderate negative link between FL anxiety and FL self-efficacy (r = .467). Moderator analyses showed this negative link does not differ across gender, educational levels, FL anxiety types, anxiety scale, language distance, or publication year—suggesting a robust negative link across different contexts. These results suggest the importance of developing and evaluating instructional practices or interventions to reduce learners’ language anxiety and enhance their self-efficacy.

Authors

• Shuqi Zhou, Donghua University
  Presenting Author

• Zehua Dong, Hangzhou Normal University
  Presenting Author

• Ming Ming Chiu, The Education University of Hong Kong
  Presenting Author