Indonesian EFL Journal: Journal of ELT, Linguistics, and Literature
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2017)

Anxiety: A Source of Test Bias?

Parviz Ajideh (English Language Department, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran)
Massoud Yaghoubi-Notash (English Language Department, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran)
Abdolreza Khalili (English Language Department, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran)

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Publish Date
28 Sep 2017

Abstract

The present study investigated the foreign language classroom anxiety and test anxiety as sources of bias in English vocabulary and grammar tests. First, 158 intermediate EFL learners were selected as the participants. Second, the participants respectively took the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (Horwitz, Horwitz, & Cope, 1986), Test Anxiety Scale (In’nami, 2006), the vocabulary test of the study, and the grammar test of the study in a 2-week period. The standard multiple regression was employed for data analysis. The results revealed that, classroom anxiety and test anxiety had significant negative correlations with the vocabulary and grammar test results.

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Indonesian EFL Journal: Journal of ELT, Linguistics, and Literature
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Abbrev

efi

Publisher

Institut Agama Islam Uluwiyah Mojokerto

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Indonesian EFL Journal: Journal of ELT, Linguistics, and Literature is an International Journal that is published twice a year in the months of July and December. This journal has been indexed on DOAJ. The aim of this journal is to promote a principled approach to research on language and ...