THE RESEARCH ON ANXIETY EVALUATION OF FOREIGN STUDENTS
Received: 30th April 2023 Revised: 16th May 2023, 22nd August 2023, 1st September 2023 & 4th April 2024 Accepted: 5th May 2023
Keywords:
Anxiety, Evaluation, Psychological Factors, Foreign LanguageAbstract
Studying a foreign language is not a piece of cake and it demands a lot of time and effort from the learners. According to the technological development, studying a foreign language is becoming more leisurely day by day, since speaking is the most crucial skill of the basic four skills for everyone.. Every learner desires to speak fluently by learning a language, but anxiety wholly hinders their attempts. The anxiety is one of the main three psychological factors such as anxiety, self-esteem, and motivation that can affect the students' troubles, especially speaking in Mongolian. In this paper, our study aimed to analyze students' speaking anxiety in the Mongolian Language Preparatory Program at the National University of Mongolia and the Mongolian National University of Medical Science. We tried to find out the foreign students' anxiety ranks and causes of speaking the Mongolian language. The survey participants of the research were foreign students at the National University of Mongolia and the Mongolian National University of Medical Science in the 2022-2023 academic year. We used a questionnaire to carry out a survey. As a result of the study, students' anxiety in speaking Mongolian was defined and classified by several indicators of speaking.
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