Overview of the Impact of Foreign Language Anxiety on Students' Second Language Acquisition Performance

Yumeng Wang

2025

Abstract

Although researchers have focused on receiving a significant amount of attention on the emotional aspects of second language acquisition, there are still gaps in the literature on anxiety related to foreign languages because of the way times are changing and how learners' cognitive processes and learning styles are evolving. This article analyzes the effects of negative emotions, mainly anxiety, on students' second language acquisition and concludes the anxiety associated with speaking a foreign language has a serious negative impact on the process and outcomes of foreign language learning. Based on this, this article proposes that anxiety factors should be fully emphasized in foreign language teaching, and relevant measures should be proposed from the aspects of students themselves, teachers, and evaluation methods to help learners minimize the stress that comes with learning a foreign language.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wang Y. (2025). Overview of the Impact of Foreign Language Anxiety on Students' Second Language Acquisition Performance. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Education and Social Development - Volume 1: IESD; ISBN 978-989-758-779-5, SciTePress, pages 542-547. DOI: 10.5220/0014003000004912

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iesd25,
author={Yumeng Wang},
title={Overview of the Impact of Foreign Language Anxiety on Students' Second Language Acquisition Performance},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Education and Social Development - Volume 1: IESD},
year={2025},
pages={542-547},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0014003000004912},
isbn={978-989-758-779-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Education and Social Development - Volume 1: IESD
TI - Overview of the Impact of Foreign Language Anxiety on Students' Second Language Acquisition Performance
SN - 978-989-758-779-5
AU - Wang Y.
PY - 2025
SP - 542
EP - 547
DO - 10.5220/0014003000004912
PB - SciTePress