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@article{ART002483021},
author={Suh Kyoung Sook},
title={Correlation Between Foreign Language Anxiety and Reading Achievement of Japanese Elderly Learners Aged 65 and Over},
journal={DONAM OHMUNHAK},
issn={1229-2117},
year={2019},
volume={35},
pages={89-120},
doi={10.17056/donam.2019.35..89}

TY - JOUR
AU - Suh Kyoung Sook
TI - Correlation Between Foreign Language Anxiety and Reading Achievement of Japanese Elderly Learners Aged 65 and Over
JO - DONAM OHMUNHAK
PY - 2019
VL - 35
IS - null
PB - The Donam Language & Literature
SP - 89
EP - 120
SN - 1229-2117
AB - This paper focuses on identifying the correlation between foreign language anxiety and reading achievement of Japanese elderly leaners aged 65 and over. To get more accurate results, this paper categorized types of anxiety measured gravity of anxiety and achievement elderly learners felt and compared them with those of young leaners. More specifically, a survey of ‘Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale, FLCAS)’ was conducted on a total number of 77 not only elderly but young beginners of Korean language who signed up for courses at a Korean Language institute in Tokyo, Japan. Findings of the survey are very meaningful. The results showed that elderly beginners felt much more anxiety than their counterparts. Among numerous types of anxiety, elderly learners felt the highest level of anxiety over communication apprehension, followed by anxiety about classroom situations, tests and failing class, and language learning situations, in order. For those young beginners, the outcomes were the same. However, over all sub󰠏elements composing the anxiety, the elderly learners felt much more anxiety than young learners. A meaningful result was found by examining the correlation between reading scores and anxiety of the elderly learners, Specifically, the higher reading scores an elderly learner got, the less anxiety the leaner felt while a counterpart with low reading scores felt more anxiety. The survey and its results give us a fresh way to understand aspects of elderly leaners, and at the same time they prove that there is a negative correlation between anxiety and learning achievement as previous research has suggested.
KW - Elderly learners;Affective factor;Foreign language anxiety;Foreign language classroom anxiety scale(FLCAS);Reading achievement
DO - 10.17056/donam.2019.35..89
ER -

Suh Kyoung Sook. (2019). Correlation Between Foreign Language Anxiety and Reading Achievement of Japanese Elderly Learners Aged 65 and Over. DONAM OHMUNHAK, 35, 89-120.

Suh Kyoung Sook. 2019, "Correlation Between Foreign Language Anxiety and Reading Achievement of Japanese Elderly Learners Aged 65 and Over", DONAM OHMUNHAK, vol.35, pp.89-120. Available from: doi:10.17056/donam.2019.35..89

Suh Kyoung Sook "Correlation Between Foreign Language Anxiety and Reading Achievement of Japanese Elderly Learners Aged 65 and Over" DONAM OHMUNHAK 35 pp.89-120 (2019) : 89.

Suh Kyoung Sook. Correlation Between Foreign Language Anxiety and Reading Achievement of Japanese Elderly Learners Aged 65 and Over. 2019; 35 89-120. Available from: doi:10.17056/donam.2019.35..89

Suh Kyoung Sook. "Correlation Between Foreign Language Anxiety and Reading Achievement of Japanese Elderly Learners Aged 65 and Over" DONAM OHMUNHAK 35(2019) : 89-120.doi: 10.17056/donam.2019.35..89

Suh Kyoung Sook. Correlation Between Foreign Language Anxiety and Reading Achievement of Japanese Elderly Learners Aged 65 and Over. DONAM OHMUNHAK, 35, 89-120. doi: 10.17056/donam.2019.35..89

Suh Kyoung Sook. Correlation Between Foreign Language Anxiety and Reading Achievement of Japanese Elderly Learners Aged 65 and Over. DONAM OHMUNHAK. 2019; 35 89-120. doi: 10.17056/donam.2019.35..89

Suh Kyoung Sook. Correlation Between Foreign Language Anxiety and Reading Achievement of Japanese Elderly Learners Aged 65 and Over. 2019; 35 89-120. Available from: doi:10.17056/donam.2019.35..89

Suh Kyoung Sook. "Correlation Between Foreign Language Anxiety and Reading Achievement of Japanese Elderly Learners Aged 65 and Over" DONAM OHMUNHAK 35(2019) : 89-120.doi: 10.17056/donam.2019.35..89