This descriptive-correlational study determined the language anxiety experienced by Grade 7 ESL learners from four selected junior high schools in the first district of the Division of Northern Samar, Philippines for School Year 2018-2019. The respondents of the study were 286 Grade 7 students who were determined using Slovin’s formula. The instrument used in the study was composed of three parts: the socio-demographic profile of the respondents; the factors causing second language anxiety; and the language anxiety scale adopted from Horwitz, Horwitz, and Cope’s (1986) model of language anxiety. The English performance of the respondents was based on their grades in the English subject. The data were treated statistically using frequency counts, percentages, weighted mean and Pearson r correlation. The findings revealed that in the English performance of the respondents, a majority of them obtained very satisfactory rating in English. Students’ second language anxiety especially on language anxiety and fear of negative evaluation were found to be “either anxious or relaxed”. On the test of relationship, a significant relationship was found between demographic profile and their English performance. There was also a significant relationship between the demographic profile and the respondents second language anxiety. Age and sex were found significantly related with classroom-related factors and teacher-related factors. English performance was also found significantly related with communication anxiety and test anxiety.
language, anxiety, ESL, performance
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