Foreign language enjoyment and foreign language classroom anxiety among Chinese learners of German

Yu Chen; Chuchu Chen; Siqi Liu

doi:10.30827/portalin.viVIII.29242

Autores/as

Yu Chen TONGJI UNIVERSITY
Chuchu Chen UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Siqi Liu HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/portalin.viVIII.29242

Palabras clave:

Disfrute de lenguas extranjeras, ansiedad en el aula de lenguas extranjeras, alumnos de idiomas extranjeros, aula de alemán como lengua extranjera, educación superior en China

Resumen

El presente estudio profundiza en el disfrute de lenguas extranjera (FLE) y ansiedad en el aula de lenguas extranjeras (FLCA) de 201 universitarios chinos de carreras no alemanas. Se empleó un cuestionario basado en escalas FLE y FLCA para examinar emociones en el aula de los participantes, y otras variables relacionadas con el alumno y el profesor. Los participantes mostraron un mayor nivel de FLE que FLCA, y que estas dos emociones estaban negativamente correlacionadas. El análisis de regresión demostró que FLE puede ser fuertemente predicha por variables relacionadas con el profesor y FLCA, por las con el alumno. Además, el análisis cualitativo de las preguntas abiertas manifestó que el FLE se vio impulsado por la sensación de logro en el aprendizaje de una nueva lengua y la frecuente interacción entre los participantes y sus profesores y compañeros. Simultáneamente, causaron una mayor FLCA la exigencia relativamente alta del aprendizaje del alemán y exámenes frecuentes. Según los resultados, sugerimos que los profesores organicen diversas actividades en el aula e integren más contenidos vinculados con la cultura para mejorar el FLE estudiantil. Mientras tanto, pueden adoptar formas más flexibles de evaluación e instrucciones más claras para prepararles más, mejorando así su FLCA.

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FUNDING INFORMATION. This study was supported by the National Social Science Fund of China (Grant No. 19WZXB011) and the Humanities and Social Sciences Youth Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 22YJC740047).