PAC7 at JALT2008 Proceedings Article Data

Article title, keywords, abstract, and writer profiles

Title:
Motivation, learning style, and foreign language anxiety

Keywords:
learning style, motivation, anxeity

Abstract:
Several studies have investigated motivation, learning style, and language anxiety, but there have been few studies on the direct relationship between them. The instruments used in this study were three questionnaires on foreign language anxiety (Kondo & Yang, 2003), learning style (Fujita, 2002), and motivation for learning English as foreign language (EFL) (Kubo, 1997). To determine which types of learning style and motivation best predict the students’ foreign language anxiety, this study investigated the relationship between (a) learning style and foreign language anxiety and (b) motivation for learning EFL and foreign language anxiety among Japanese university students. This study indicates that students who have practical learning style, practical reasons, and intellectual satisfaction tend to have lower levels of foreign language anxiety.

Writer profiles:
Junko Matsuzaki Carreira received her M.A. in English Language and Literature and completed her doctoral course in Department of English and Literature at Tsuda College. She is a full-time lecturer at Tokyo Future University. Her research interests include affective factors contributing to language learning.

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