The Correlation Of Foreign Language Learning Anxiety And Language Learning Strategies Among Student Teacher

Abstract

Foreign language anxiety (FLA) and language learning strategies (LLS) have been extensively explored in both ESL and EFL contexts. However, there is little research correlating both of them conducted in EFL context. The present study aims at identifying whether there is correlation between foreign language anxiety (FLA) and students’ language learning strategies (LLS) among students teachers in a private University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This study involved 80 students teachers. Horwitz’s Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) (1986) and Oxford’s Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) (1990) were used to conduct the survey. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The result of this study showed that there is a correlation between FLA and LLS among Indonesian Pre-services English teachers indicated by Sig. (2-tailed) is 0,002 < 0,5 and the pearson product moment is 0,344 > r Table (0,2172).