Second Language Anxiety - Affective or Linguistic Variable?

"This book brings together three decades of research to show that L1 skills and L2 aptitude are confounding variables in studies of language anxiety and that learners' levels of anxiety for L2 learning are strongly related to their levels of language achievement. It holds the potential to change the ways in which we think about language anxiety"--

About the author

Richard L. Sparks is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Graduate Education at Mount St. Joseph University, USA. His research interests include L2 aptitude, language and learning disabilities and foreign language anxiety, and he has published extensively in foreign language and learning disability journals.

Product details

• Authors: Richard L. Sparks
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 12.08.2025
• EAN: 9781800418776
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-877-6
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Language acquisition, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)