Abstract—This study explored the relationship between
listening anxiety and listening performance in a total of 30
bilingual learners. Both quantitative and qualitative methods
were distributed: (a) the Foreign Language Listening Anxiety
Scale tested listeners’ anxiety level, and (b) the semi-structured
interview looked further into participants’ perceptions. The
results programmed by SPSS Statistics 25 showed that anxiety
level has no significant impact on listening performance.
Interview results did fully support the relationship found in the
survey. Most participants did not perceive themselves to be
anxious in the middle of listening but they showed highest
anxiety towards the pre-listening stage. They indicated that
there is a positive relationship between performance and
listening skills, as well as between anxiety and listening skills.
This study presents results and discusses the related pedagogical
implications.
Index Terms—Anxiety, English as a Foreign Language (EFL),
Foreign Language Listening Anxiety Scale (FLLAS), listening
performance.
Yuyao Li is with Northwestern Polytechnical University, China (e-mail:
liyuyaovivian@163.com).
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Cite:Yuyao Li, "Foreign Language Listening Anxiety and Listening Performance: Results of A Mixed-Method Study," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-4, 2022.