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The Relationship Between the Level of Speaking Anxiety and Speaking Performance

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the level of speaking anxiety and speaking performance of the 8th grade students. The study was designed as a quantitative research in which relational screening model was utilized. Participants are 32 8th graders in a secondary school in Gaziantep during the 2016-2017 educational year. The data of this study was obtained through two separate tools. The data on speaking performance levels was collected through analyzing the video recordings of students giving a prepared speech with speaking assessment form. The data on students’ level of anxiety was determined with speaking anxiety scale. One of the results obtained from the study shows that there is a negative significant correlation between students’ speaking anxiety levels and speaking performance. Another result found out in this study is that participants’ scores for speaking anxiety, speaking performance and speaking pattern which is a sub-dimension of speaking performance do not vary by gender significantly. The third result also shows that models for speaking anxiety scores predicting speaking performance, speaking patterns and linguistic awareness were significant, and that the model for speaking anxiety predicting speaker’s psychological state was not significant.

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