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Foreign Language Anxiety and Heritage Students of Spanish: A Quantitative Study
Article first published online: 31 MAR 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2009.01011.x
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Tallon, M. (2009), Foreign Language Anxiety and Heritage Students of Spanish: A Quantitative Study. Foreign Language Annals, 42: 112–137. doi: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2009.01011.x
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Keywords:
- heritage students;
- language acquisition;
- language anxiety;
- language learning;
- learner variables
- Spanish
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate if heritage students of Spanish experience foreign language anxiety and, if so, what levels of anxiety they experience. The data were collected using the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). A total of 413 students (209 heritage students and 204 nonheritage students) participated in this study. In general, the mean anxiety scores for the heritage students were lower than the mean anxiety scores for the nonheritage students, although there were a few instances when the heritage students actually had higher anxiety scores. In addition, the heritage students in this study reported lower anxiety scores than other college-level students from previous studies reported in the literature that also used the FLCAS.