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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ANXIETY INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT ON PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS PERFORMANCE

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).36      10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).36      Published : Jun 2023

English Language Anxiety: Investigating the Effect on Primary School Teachers' Performance

Abstract

    This study has been conducted by the researcher under a positivist paradigm while opting for the Quantitative approach. The study has been conducted while including 230 ESTs purposively and included in the study. All of the selected teachers were serving in FGEI's (C/G) Lahore region. The teachers' perspectives regarding their anxiety were measured with the help of a questionnaire comprising 30 items adopted from (Horwitz et al., 1986). On the other hand, the concerning teachers’ terminal GPA in English taken from the BISE results was taken to measure their performance. The results revealed an inverse and weaker effect of the teachers’ anxiety on their performance.

    Language Anxiety; Primary Teachers, Performance in English

    (1) Ashfaq Afzal
    Head of Education Department, Pakistan Gospel Mission, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Shahid Zulfiqar Ali
    Ph.D. Scholar, Division of Education, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Suneeta Asghar
    M.Phil. Scholar, Division of Education, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Afzal, A., Ali, M. S. Z., & Asghar, S. (2023). English Language Anxiety: Investigating the Effect on Primary School Teachers' Performance. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII(II), 399-406. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).36

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Afzal, Ashfaq, Muhammad Shahid Zulfiqar Ali, and Suneeta Asghar. 2023. "English Language Anxiety: Investigating the Effect on Primary School Teachers' Performance." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (II): 399-406 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).36

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    HARVARD : AFZAL, A., ALI, M. S. Z. & ASGHAR, S. 2023. English Language Anxiety: Investigating the Effect on Primary School Teachers' Performance. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII, 399-406.

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    MHRA : Afzal, Ashfaq, Muhammad Shahid Zulfiqar Ali, and Suneeta Asghar. 2023. "English Language Anxiety: Investigating the Effect on Primary School Teachers' Performance." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII: 399-406

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    OXFORD : Afzal, Ashfaq, Ali, Muhammad Shahid Zulfiqar, and Asghar, Suneeta (2023), "English Language Anxiety: Investigating the Effect on Primary School Teachers' Performance", Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (II), 399-406

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Afzal, Ashfaq, Muhammad Shahid Zulfiqar Ali, and Suneeta Asghar. "English Language Anxiety: Investigating the Effect on Primary School Teachers' Performance." Global Educational Studies Review VIII, no. II (2023): 399-406. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).36