On the interrelationships between Iraqi EFL learners’ classroom environment, foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate: A SEM approach

Different factors play their roles in communication especially when the concern is a foreign language such as classroom environment, foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship among EFL Iraqi learner’s class...

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Main Authors: Alyaa Abdulkareem Obaid, Mitra zeraatpishe, Akram Faravani
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Language:English
Published: Universitas Ahmad Dahlan 2023-01-01
Series:English Language Teaching Educational Journal
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Online Access:http://journal2.uad.ac.id/index.php/eltej/article/view/2806
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description Different factors play their roles in communication especially when the concern is a foreign language such as classroom environment, foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship among EFL Iraqi learner’s classroom environment, foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate. First, from among the available 260 English university students at Babylon university, 204 EFL intermediate language learners who studied English language were selected. The selection was based on their score in Cambridge Quick Placement Test 2004(QPT). The participants, then filled three questionnaires of anxiety, classroom environment, and willingness to communicate. The three questionnaires were filled out by the participants.  To consider the extent of the interrelationships among classroom environment, willingness to communicate and speaking anxiety, a model of associations among them was proposed. To analyze the obtained data, structural equation modelling (SEM) was used and the model was probed using AMOS. Results of SEM indicated a complete fit and significant interrelationship among the variables were found. The findings have several implications for EFL teachers and learners.
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spelling doaj.art-8e9690e3b376457bbd3f3e1b167f82d42024-02-27T04:23:23ZengUniversitas Ahmad DahlanEnglish Language Teaching Educational Journal2621-64852023-01-015210.12928/eltej.v5i2.2806On the interrelationships between Iraqi EFL learners’ classroom environment, foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate: A SEM approachAlyaa Abdulkareem Obaid0Mitra zeraatpishe1Akram Faravani2English Department, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, IranEnglish Department, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, IranEnglish Department, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran Different factors play their roles in communication especially when the concern is a foreign language such as classroom environment, foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship among EFL Iraqi learner’s classroom environment, foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate. First, from among the available 260 English university students at Babylon university, 204 EFL intermediate language learners who studied English language were selected. The selection was based on their score in Cambridge Quick Placement Test 2004(QPT). The participants, then filled three questionnaires of anxiety, classroom environment, and willingness to communicate. The three questionnaires were filled out by the participants.  To consider the extent of the interrelationships among classroom environment, willingness to communicate and speaking anxiety, a model of associations among them was proposed. To analyze the obtained data, structural equation modelling (SEM) was used and the model was probed using AMOS. Results of SEM indicated a complete fit and significant interrelationship among the variables were found. The findings have several implications for EFL teachers and learners. http://journal2.uad.ac.id/index.php/eltej/article/view/2806classroom anxietyforeign language learning environmentwillingness to communicatesecond language learning
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English Language Teaching Educational Journal
classroom anxiety
foreign language learning environment
willingness to communicate
second language learning
title On the interrelationships between Iraqi EFL learners’ classroom environment, foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate: A SEM approach
title_full On the interrelationships between Iraqi EFL learners’ classroom environment, foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate: A SEM approach
title_fullStr On the interrelationships between Iraqi EFL learners’ classroom environment, foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate: A SEM approach
title_full_unstemmed On the interrelationships between Iraqi EFL learners’ classroom environment, foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate: A SEM approach
title_short On the interrelationships between Iraqi EFL learners’ classroom environment, foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate: A SEM approach
title_sort on the interrelationships between iraqi efl learners classroom environment foreign language classroom anxiety and willingness to communicate a sem approach
topic classroom anxiety
foreign language learning environment
willingness to communicate
second language learning
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