The Roots and Reduction Methods of Anxiety in Learning English

مطالعات زبان و ترجمه

Volume 57, Issue 3, November 2024, Pages 1-31   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/lts.2024.89482.1280

Authors

Mostafa Mohammadi¹; Zahra AhmadpourKasgari^{* 2}

¹TEFL, M.A., University of Mazandaran, Mazandaran, Iran

²University of Mazandaran, Babolsar,Iran

Abstract

 Anxiety plays a significant role in learning and especially in learning foreign languages. It should be noted that this kind of feelings may become an insoluble problem in learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) for students and even lead to dropping out among them. The current study used the capacity of existing studies in this field, which have expanded more in recent years, and especially the relevant articles in 2023 and 2024. By combining psychological studies in the field of anxiety with educational studies in this field, a comprehensive and practical summary was obtained. By deriving 23 strategies of reducing foreign language anxiety in the classrooms teaching English as a foreign language, this study contributes to the development of students' linguistic abilities and the teaching improvements in English language institutions of Iran.

Keywords

emotions; Foreign Language Anxiety; English as a Foreign Language; cognitive abilities; learning

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