A Study of Foreign Language Anxiety with Romanian Students

Abstract

The anxiety connected to learning a foreign language is revealed in negative self-perception, beliefs, feelings and behaviours which negatively impinge upon language learning. This form of anxiety is correlated with academic performance and with certain personality traits. This study explores English language anxiety with Romanian participants, its relationship with the respondents’ achievement, age, number of years they studied English. These objectives are preceded by the adaptation of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale for the Romanian learners and the study of the psychometric qualities of the version put forward. The findings show good psychometric qualities.