For my final English 101 exhibit my group and I researched how native language speakers react to people learning their language and how this contributes to the non-natives' anxiety or confidence. My theory going into this project was that language anxiety would deter non-natives from learning a language, however, our results showed that in some cases anxiety can have a positive effect. Language anxiety can be a motivating factor to further learn a language.
If you have ever experienced language anxiety, reflect upon it, did it make you want to stop learning the language you were pursuing? Or did it have the opposite effect and spur your desire to learn more? What caused your language anxiety? These are the questions Newly Native explores.
If you have ever experienced language anxiety, reflect upon it, did it make you want to stop learning the language you were pursuing? Or did it have the opposite effect and spur your desire to learn more? What caused your language anxiety? These are the questions Newly Native explores.