Strategies for reducing EFL learners' foreign language anxiety in online classes: Investigating teachers' teaching credentials and experience.

ABSTRACT: Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA) has been studied by researchers interested in educational psychologists and applied linguists. Researchers suggested coping strategies for reducing EFL learners' FLA. However, the coping strategies which EFL learners use to reduce the foreign language learners' FLA in online classes have not been well explored. This study examined Chinese EFL teachers' coping strategies to mitigate Chinese English learners' FLA in online classes. The study also addressed the role of Chinese English language teachers' teaching credentials and teaching experience. A mixed-method research design was employed. In the qualitative phase, the researchers interviewed 23 teachers selected through theoretical sampling and explored the most frequently used coping strategies. The results

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10395019 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature