Abstract
Research showed that learners faced negative and positive factors in learning a foreign language. The negativities may be the barrier for the students to succeed in the learning process. This research examines what makes the students stay in lectures and what elements could cause the students to quit. This research aims to investigate the motives/motivations that students encounter and whether these positive elements help the students overcome the fear and anxiety they face. This research adopted the quantitative approach. A survey is used as the instrument. A questionnaire with five sections on demography profile, motivation to learn, communication and apprehension, fear of negative evaluation, test anxiety was questioned by the students. Two hundred and twenty-one students from three disciplines in a public university in Malaysia participated in the questionnaire. The result shows that students do experience fear and anxiety during lectures. However, the desire to learn makes the students put in some effort to overcome the negative factors. When the desire to learn and the efforts are implemented in learning the Japanese language, students gradually feel comfortable and at ease when attending lectures. This research indicated that fun and interactive activities and an enjoyable lesson should be planned to assist students to overcome the negatives and succeed in mastering the language.
Highlights
Background of StudyThe speed of the globalisation process has forced many to learn foreign languages (Remírez, 2014)
The Japan Foundation Annual Report 2019-2020, referring to the report on Japanese language education abroad 2018, for the past 39 years, ie. from the year 1979 to 2018, Japanese language learners have increased to more than 30 times (127,167 to 3,851,774), teachers involved in the teaching of the language too have increased almost 19 times (4,097 to 77,323), and Japanese language institutions increased 16.3 times (1,145 to 18,661)
This is proven by the highest mean score for desire (4.5) is for “ I am interested in learning the Japanese language
Summary
Background of StudyThe speed of the globalisation process has forced many to learn foreign languages (Remírez, 2014). From the year 1979 to 2018, Japanese language learners have increased to more than 30 times (127,167 to 3,851,774), teachers involved in the teaching of the language too have increased almost 19 times (4,097 to 77,323), and Japanese language institutions increased 16.3 times (1,145 to 18,661). This remarkable development was not surprising as many world communities engaged with Japanese animation, gaming, food, fashion, and others. Li (2014), in her research, mentioned that learners of the Japanese language should master the language and fosters awareness of Japanese culture itself In this way, students can communicate well with the language they learn
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