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).