Testing a model of teaching for anxiety and success for English language teaching

AbstractMuch research has shown that there is a negative relationship between high levels of anxiety and success for English language teaching. This paper aimed to test a model of teaching for anxiety and success in English language teaching to affect anxiety and success levels at the same time in a control-experiment group with pre- and post-test study design. Anxiety levels were measured by anxiety questionnaires and electroencephalograph recordings of brain waves and success was measured by grammar tests prepared by the researcher. Results of Mann–Whitney U Test, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test and ANOVA pointed to a statistically significant difference in anxiety and success levels between the experiment and control group. Discussion of the results as well as implications for future research is presented.Keywords: anxietylearningsuccessteachingEnglish as a Foreign Language AcknowledgementI would like to thank Prof. Dr. Ali Özdemir Ersoy for his great contributions to the study. This article is adapted from the corresponding author's doctoral dissertation presented to Ankara University.