An Exploration of EFL Learners’ Anxiety and E-learning Environments

Abstract

The world is becoming more and more convenient, with high-tech equipment and computers being invented and applied in various ways. Multimedia materials in the English classroom play a novel role in language learning. At the same time, L2 learners who lack confidence and have low learning motivation suffer poor language performance. The motivation of this study is to assess multimedia instruction in the English classroom. In particular, it will examine the relationship between multimedia environments and English learning anxiety in EFL college students in Taiwan. A questionnaire was given to 124 students on an English course at Chung Shan Medical University. Statistical correlations and a T-test are used to analyze data in this study. The study conducted claims to identify and understand the relationship between multimedia techniques in language teaching and learners’ language anxiety. Its results suggest that a multimedia environment can reduce student anxiety and provide a less stressful classroom environment. Put otherwise, multimedia tools enable English teachers to help students to both improve their English performance and lower their language anxiety. Hopefully, the findings of this study could help to reduce EFL college students' language anxiety and contribute to the awareness of language learners’ anxiety.