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Learner Anxiety

Learner Anxiety is a psychological construct denoting the specific type of anxiety experienced by language learners in relation to the fear of negative evaluation, performance errors, or corrective feedback during the process of second language acquisition.

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Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety

Elaine K. Horwitz, MICHAEL B. HORWITZ, Joann Cope · Modern Language Journal · 1986 · 4.3K citations

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The two faces of Janus? Anxiety and enjoyment in the foreign language classroom

Jean‐Marc Dewaele, Peter D. MacIntyre · Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching · 2014 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Language anxiety and achievement

Elaine K. Horwitz · Annual Review of Applied Linguistics · 2001 · 1.5K citations

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Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety

Elaine K. Horwitz, Michael B. Horwitz, Joann Cope · Modern Language Journal · 1986 · 1.5K citations

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The Subtle Effects of Language Anxiety on Cognitive Processing in the Second Language

Peter D. MacIntyre, R. C. Gardner · Language Learning · 1994 · 1.5K citations

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  1. JD
    Jean‐Marc Dewaele

    Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom

    53 publications · 9.7K citations

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  2. PD
    Peter D. MacIntyre

    Cape Breton University, Canada

    29 publications · 9.6K citations

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  3. AJ
    Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie

    Sam Houston State University, United States

    19 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. ML
    Meihua Liu

    Tsinghua University, China

    15 publications · 2K citations

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    Elaine K. Horwitz

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    13 publications · 12.5K citations

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  1. Birkbeck, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    40 h-index

    62 publications

    10.5K citations

  2. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    22 h-index

    40 publications

    3.2K citations

  3. Cape Breton University

    Sydney, Canada

    19 h-index

    29 publications

    8.9K citations

  4. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    15 h-index

    21 publications

    9.4K citations

  5. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    13 h-index

    20 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Valdosta State University

    Valdosta, United States

    12 h-index

    12 publications

    998 citations

  7. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Wuhan, China

    12 h-index

    22 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. Universiti Teknologi MARA

    Shah Alam, Malaysia

    11 h-index

    25 publications

    773 citations

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  1. Modern Language Journal

    MLJ · 45 publications · 18.1K citations

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  2. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

    35 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. Foreign Language Annals

    FLA · 33 publications · 5.7K citations

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  4. Frontiers in Psychology

    46 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. System

    28 publications · 4.4K citations

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