Ansiedad hacia las habilidades productivas del idioma Inglés

Lorena Paulina Velázquez  Macías

doi:10.33064/2018docere181385

Authors

Lorena Paulina Velázquez Macías Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33064/2018docere181385

Keywords:

anxiety, foreign language, oral communication, writting, grammar

Abstract

The next text exposes a section of the results of an investigation carried out in the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, which objective is to identify the presence of anxiety towards the Learning of a Foreign Language (LFL A1) in English students of the Institutional Program of Foreign Languages (PILE). The study was carried out through an adaptation of the questionnaire “Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale2” (FLCAS), that measures the levels of this type of anxiety. The profiles of students who had higher levels were explored, and it was found out that they show these due to factors related to their perception of their domain of the language and its difficulty mainly during oral communicative activities. The information presented documents the potential influence that the anxiety has over the productive English language skills.

Translated by Rafael Guzmán De Luna.

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Author Biography

Lorena Paulina Velázquez Macías, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes

Licenciada en Enseñanza del Inglés en 2012 y maestra en Investigación Educativa en 2015 por la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. Docente investigador para el Programa de Fomento al Segundo Idioma, la Academia de Inglés para Propósitos Académicos Específicos, el Programa Institucional de Lenguas Extranjeras y la Licenciatura en Docencia del Idioma Inglés. Impartiendo las materias de Academic Writing, Academic and Creative Writing, Learning Strategies y Grammar in Context en el Departamento de Idiomas y Técnico Docente en Proyectos de Investigación del Departamento de Educación de la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes.

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