Anxiety and Motivation of the Learners towards Learning English

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There are several aspects that contribute to a student's success in learning a new language, and each of them has the ability to impact the student's motivation, attitude, and anxiety levels (i.e. degrees of apprehension or dread) toward language acquisition. Using Cronbach's alpha, the questionnaire was found to be trustworthy, with a score of 0.87. The questionnaire was translated into Arabic by the researchers in order to eliminate the possibility of misunderstanding of the questions. In the summer of 2018, English instructors used Google Forms to deliver a questionnaire. 15 male and 40 female Saudi EFL students studying English at the University of Chandigarh were included in the research sample. Every participant has a mobile phone, and they all use WhatsApp for both personal and educational reasons. Everyone who took part in the survey was in their last year of college. The study found that 68.4% of the students had moderate levels of language anxiety, while 14.1% had high levels of language anxiety, and the remaining 17.5% had low levels of language anxiety.

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