How distinctive is the foreign language enjoyment and foreign language classroom anxiety of Kazakh learners of Turkish?

Dewaele J.-M. Özdemir C. Karci D. Uysal S. Özdemir E.D. Balta N.
1 March 2022 De Gruyter Mouton

Applied Linguistics Review
2022 #13 Issue 2 243 - 265 pp.

The present study focuses on foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) of 592 learners of Turkish as a foreign language (FL) in Kazakhstan. Mean levels of FLE and FLCA were found to be similar to previous studies in different settings with different target languages. In contrast with previous literature, a weak positive correlation was found between FLE and FLCA and the gender effect went in the opposite direction, with male participants reporting more FLCA than female participants. Multiple regression analyses revealed that FLE and FLCA were more strongly predicted by learners attitude toward Turkish and teacher-related variables than by learner-internal variables, confirming previous research outside Kazakhstan. Attitude toward the FL, teachers friendliness, strictness and frequency of use of the FL, attitude toward the teacher, participants age and FL exam result explained a total of 25% of variance in FLE. Differing slightly from previous studies, FLCA was found to be only weakly predicted (6% of variance) by some learner-internal variables (FL exam result, attitude toward the FL) as well as teacher-centred variables (friendliness, strictness). The findings suggest that variation in FLE and FLCA among Kazakh learners of Turkish is quite similar to that established in other contexts.

foreign language classroom anxiety , foreign language enjoyment , Kazakhstan , positive psychology , Turkish

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Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication, Birkbeck, University of London, 26 Russell Square, London, WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom
Faculty of Education and Humanities, Suleyman Demirel University, 1/1 Abylai Khan Street, Kaskelen, Almaty, 040900, Kazakhstan
International Burch University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
University of International Business, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication
Faculty of Education and Humanities
International Burch University
University of International Business

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