Relationship between learning anxiety and english language achievement

Abstract

This research is a study of Relationship between learning anxiety and English language achievement. This study aimed to find out the relationship between anxiety and achievement in the process of SLA. This study was carried out using both the primary and secondary sources of data. All the data were collected through questionnaires for assessing anxiety level of the students and through achievement test. For the primary sources of data the researcher selected two higher secondary schools from Kahtmandu district. Twenty students from each school were selected randomly. From the study, it has been found that when the anxiety level is high there is low level of achievement and when the anxiety level is low there is high level of language achievement. This study mainly includes four chapters. The first chapter introduces the study which consists of general background, review of the related literature, objectives and significance of the study. The second chapter mainly concerns with the methodology used in this study: the source of data, sampling procedure, tools of data collection and limitations of the study. Similarly, the third chapter of the study comprises analysis and interpretation of the data. The fourth chapter introduces the findings and recommendations of the study. The final section presents the references and appendices which are very much important for the validation of the research.