Determinants Of English Language Anxiety With Respect To Educational Background Among Undergraduate University Students: A Comparative Study

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  • Nadia Rahman , Sadaf Fatima , Sadaf Bashir , Bakhtawar Halepoto , Muhammad Anwar , Sana Bint E Javaid , Ali Raza Chhalgri Baloch , Afshan Saleem, Arif Khan Masood

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https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v21iS14.11167

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A large group of English language students especially students belonging to all educational levels are anxious in language education progression. Several studies have deduced that anxiety can be an obstacle to success in second or foreign language learning. The purpose of this study was to compare language anxiety of different educational[1] background in Pakistani education system. The research undermines a quantitative research methodology follows a deductive approach. For this research, the target population was undergraduate students of different educational backgrounds of private University. The sampling technique for this research was Purposive Sampling. The sample size for this study was 349 whereas; the data was collected through primary sources. The collected data was then analyzed through Pearson Correlation tests, T tests. The reliability of the data was analyzed through Cronbach Alpha. Since this study was a comparative study, in this regard the research paper attempted to compare the test anxiety of students of Matric system with the Cambridge System. Essentially, there is a very slight difference in the levels of language anxiety between matric and Cambridge students of Private Universities of Karachi. Like previous conducted research this study also revealed that nonnative language especially in higher level i.e. in university level is the most anxiety exasperating second language skill.

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2024-09-05

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Nadia Rahman , Sadaf Fatima , Sadaf Bashir , Bakhtawar Halepoto , Muhammad Anwar , Sana Bint E Javaid , Ali Raza Chhalgri Baloch , Afshan Saleem, Arif Khan Masood. (2024). Determinants Of English Language Anxiety With Respect To Educational Background Among Undergraduate University Students: A Comparative Study. Migration Letters, 21(S14), 129–146. https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v21iS14.11167

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