The Relationship between Irrational Beliefs and Foreign Language Anxiety among Jordanian EFL Learners
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | The Relationship between Irrational Beliefs and Foreign Language Anxiety among Jordanian EFL Learners |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Abdel-Rahman H. Abu-Melhim; Department of English Language and Literature, Irbid University College, Al-Balqa’ Applied University, Irbid, Jordan |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Mohammad H. Abood; Department of Special Education and Psychological Counseling, Ajloun National University, Ajloun, Jordan |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Hamzeh M. Al-Zghoul; Department of English Language and Literature, Irbid University College, Al-Balqa’ Applied University, Irbid, Jordan |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Rula M. Zughoul; Department of English Language and Literature, Irbid University College, Al-Balqa’ Applied University, Irbid, Jordan |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | |
| 3. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Anxiety, Irrational Beliefs, Foreign Language Anxiety, University Students |
| 4. | Description | Abstract | This study aimed at investigating the relationship between irrational beliefs and foreign language anxiety among a sample of (118) undergraduate students at Ajloun National University in Jordan. To achieve the purpose of the study, two scales were used: An irrational scale and an Arabic version of Horwitz and Cope's foreign language anxiety scale. The correlation descriptive method was used for data analysis. The results showed that there is statistically significant correlation between irrational beliefs and foreign language anxiety. Significant differences were found in the strength of relationship between irrational beliefs and foreign language anxiety according to gender in favor of meals. No Significant differences were found in the strength of relationship between irrational beliefs and foreign language anxiety due to academic level. |
| 5. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Australian International Academic Centre PTY. LTD. |
| 6. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 7. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2015-11-01 |
| 8. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 8. | Type | Type | |
| 9. | Format | File format | |
| 10. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJALEL/article/view/1787 |
| 10. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.4n.6p.130 |
| 11. | Source | Title; vol., no. (year) | International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature; Vol 4, No 6 (2015) |
| 12. | Language | English=en | |
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| 15. | Rights | Copyright and permissions |
Copyright (c) 2015 Abdel-Rahman H. Abu-Melhim, Mohammad H. Abood, Hamzeh M. Al-Zghoul, Rula M. Zughoul This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |