The Influence of an Orientation Program on Willingness to Communicate and L2 Anxiety

• 발행기관: 한국외국어교육학회
• 저자명: Ian Moodie Jee Eun Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『Foreign Languages Education』Vol.24 No.2, 25~44쪽, 전체 20쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2017.06.30

영문 초록

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of a two-week English-language orientation program at a Korean university on first-year students’ perceptions of English. This quantitative study contributes to the local literature by documenting the changes on a pre-and post-course survey that measured participants’ willingness to communicate, foreign language anxiety, attitudes towards English, and perceptions of English as a global language. Key results of independent-samples t-tests indicated that student perceptions showed statistically significant changes on five of the six scales, and that the biggest influences of the program were on willingness to communicate and lessening student anxiety. The study also investigated the link between program satisfaction and experience of studying English abroad, finding that there was no relation between them. However, a one-way ANOVA and correlation analysis indicated that there was a relationship between program satisfaction and students’ self-rated proficiency, finding that the lower-proficiency students were slightly less satisfied than those rating themselves as “average” or “good” English speakers. The study concludes with recommendations for future studies and for planning English-language orientation programs in Korean universities.

목차

I. Introduction

II. Methods

III. Results

IV. Discussion and Conclusion

References

키워드

의사소통 의지 외국어 불안감 외국어로서의 영어 willingness to communicate foreign language anxiety English as a foreign language