LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 9 September 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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A Comparison of Students’ English Language Classroom Anxiety in Single-Sex and Coeducational Schools

Safdar Hussain, Ph.D. Scholar & Shirin Zubair, Ph.D.

Abstract

This study examines the difference in the level of anxiety associated with English language learning for students in single-sex and coeducational schools. It is a causal comparative study based on a sample of 576 students from secondary schools. The data were collected from 14 schools; 4 girls’ only schools, 3 boys’ only schools and 7 coeducational schools, located in a relatively small area of Multan. Horwitz’s Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) was used to measure students’ level of anxiety in English language classes. The data were analysed using t-test, analysis of variance and regression method.

Results of the study indicate that level of anxiety associated with English language learning is higher in coeducational setting for both the sexes and its value is higher for girls in both types of schools even after including different individual, school and family related factors. It is also indicated that a higher number of students in a class also increase the level of anxiety among students.

Keywords: anxiety, school type, gender, English language Rational Thinking and Emotions

Our rational thinking and emotions are not two separate things and our emotions play an important role in our rational thinking and learning (Damasio, 1994). Under the same idea, a number of variables related to learners’ psychology such as motivation and anxiety associated with foreign language learning have been a focus of research for many years (e.g. Ellis, 1994; Skehan, 1989). However, a very small amount of work has been done to find out their association with different school related factors such as language classroom settings (single-sex /coeducational) etc. Present research is an attempt to see any difference in students’ level of English language classroom anxiety in different classroom settings (single-sex /coeducational).

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Safdar Hussain, Ph.D. Scholar BZU, Multan
Lecturer
University of Education
Lahore (Multan Campus)
Pakistan
hussaisw@hotmail.com

Prof. Dr. Shirin Zubair
Chairperson
Department of English
Bahhaudin Zakariya University
Multan (Pakistan)
shirin_zubair@hotmail.com
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