The Effect of Storytelling on Reducing French Language Learning Anxiety among Students at University of Tehran

پژوهش های زبان و ترجمه فرانسه

Volume 3, Issue 2 - Serial Number 5, March 2021

Document Type: Original Article

DOI: 10.22067/rltf.2021.72986.1024

Authors

Akbar Abdollahi^{* 1}; Nahid Shahverdiani²; Azadeh Fesanghari³

¹University of Tehran, Assistant Professor

²University Of Tehran

³University of Hakim Sabzevari

Abstract

Abstract
One of the barriers for some foreign language learners is the anxiety and fear they face in the classroom, especially during speaking. The solution to this problem may lie in the choice of appropriate strategies, methods, teaching aids, and content. In this regard, this study aims to measure the effect of storytelling-based activities in the classroom on the student’s anxiety level while speaking. To achieve the above-mentioned goal, this article describes and analyzes the social representations that Iranian students establish combining the place of storytelling workshops in their French language learning process and their experiences during these workshops. This research was conducted by field study and data collection through semi-structured interviews with undergraduate students in French language and literature at the University of Tehran who had participated in the storytelling workshops in 2020. The analyzed data using the content analysis method indicate the existence of variables affecting the level of anxiety when speaking storytelling. The results of the study demonstrate the degree and the forms of student anxiety. Moreover, these analysis show that teachers can further help learners to acquire the needed skills to manage and cope with anxiety caused by speaking situations.
Keywords: Anxiety, Oral expression, Storytelling, Iranian students, Learning French.

Keywords

"Anxiety"; "Oral expression"; "Storytelling"; "Iranian students; "; " Learning French"

Supplementary Files

اصل مقاله 5 (3).pdf

résumé 5.pdf

abstract 5 (2).pdf

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