Foreign Language Learning Boredom among High School EFL Students of Zahedan: Its Relationship with Foreign Language Learning Enjoyment, and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety

Subject Areas : Applied Linguistics

Saher Ashrafinia ¹ , Mahdiya Afrashteh ² , Nahid Afrashteh ³

1 - Department of English Language, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran
2 - Department of English Language, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran
3 - Department of English Language, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran

Received: 2023-02-26 Accepted : 2023-03-31 Published : 2023-06-01

Keywords: Foreign language learning enjoyment, foreign language leaning anxiety, foreign language learning boredom,

Abstract :

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between three foreign language learning emotions: foreign language learning enjoyment, foreign language classroom anxiety, and foreign language learning boredom among high school EFL students in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan Province. In this research 200 male and female EFL learners were selected as participants The sampling was done through convenience sampling. Three research instruments were used as a questionnaire named short-form foreign language classroom anxiety scale, foreign language enjoyment scale and foreign language learning boredom scale. In order to find the relationship between the defined variables, multiple correlation was conducted. The findings revealed that the relationship between foreign language enjoyment and foreign language boredom was negatively significant. Furthermore, the relationship between foreign language anxiety and foreign language boredom was positively significant. Additionally, foreign language enjoyment and foreign language anxiety had a negative relationship. The obtained results bear implications for education in general and EFL instruction in particular.

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