FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY AND ITS IMPACT ON LEARNING AT GRADUATION LEVEL: A CASE STUDY OF MULTAN DISTRICT
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Learning English as a foreign language has been a dilemma since its arrival in the subcontinent. Pakistan is a multilingual country and as a progressive state, where English language is the part and parcel of our educational system. Multan is located in province of Punjab where English language is also learnt as second language. The current study is being conducted to measure the attitude of natives of District Multan to know the remedies and the possible solution for the better learning of English as a second language. Selected sample is 200 students studying at graduate level in BS Program in Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan. The present study is purely quantitative in its nature by adopting the Foreign Language Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) by Horwitz, Horwitz and Cope (1986) which is helpful in measuring the anxiety level among students. The data is analyzed through SPSS version 23 and MS Excel 2016. Obtained mean values describe the existence of foreign language anxiety in graduate students. The level of anxiety is more in male than female students. Study suggests that the motivation level, error correction, Communicative language teaching approach usage, and change of peers can play vital role in minimizing the foreign language anxiety at graduate level. Investigating the impact of emerging technologies – like virtual reality or artificial intelligence – on reducing language anxiety offers further research areas.
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