Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2004

Full Length Research Paper

The effect of language learning anxiety on the learner of Turkish as a foreign language: The case of Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Adem Ä°ÅŸcan
Department of TurkishEducation,Faculty of Education, GaziosmanpaÅŸa University, Tokat-Turkey.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 21 July 2011
  •  Published: 30 August 2011

Abstract

 

There exist quite many studies on the anxiety especially when it comes to the effect of foreign language learning anxiety on the learners. These studies show that there is a huge amount of foreign language learning anxiety impact on the learners. The present study focuses on the influence of foreign language anxiety on the Indian learners that take the elective course, Turkish I and II at Jawaharlal Nehru University. The results show that the anxiety level is low and the level of achievement in Turkish is quite high.

 

Key words: Foreign language, anxiety, Turkish.