International Journal of Language & Linguistics

Developing an Anxiety in Vocabulary Learning through Listening Scale
Asst. Prof. Dr. Sangrawee Donkaewbua

Abstract
This article reports on the development and validation of a measurement survey tool, the Anxiety in Vocabulary Learning through Listening Scale (AVLLS). The AVLLS is intended to help identify and evaluate foreign language learners’ anxiety in vocabulary learning through listening problems while they are listening to oral texts. Factor analysis was performed with a primary sample (N = 468), resulting in a 20-item survey instrument. The reliability and factorial validity of the instrument are presented along with a statistically significant correlation between students’ responses to the items on the instrument and the foreign language learners’ listening. Further uses for the instrument are discussed in relation to the AVLLS’s potentials in verifying the effectiveness of pedagogies designed to develop foreign language learner’s anxiety in vocabulary learning through listening.

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