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This study aims to examine the language anxiety levels of 27 university students, and investigates the effects of drama activities on their levels of speaking anxiety as well as possible factors contributing to their anxiety during the drama activities. The data were gathered by means of a questionnaire, and a reflective journal. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the level of anxiety. The results revealed that a majority of students felt anxiety when speaking English in class. Most students’ anxiety has been reduced to a low level through the use of drama activities. In addition, students expressed positive opinions about using drama activities in speaking English. Based on these findings, some useful classroom implications for using drama based activities for decreasing EFL learners’ speaking anxiety. However, due to small scale research it has limitations to be generalized. Thus, larger scale research could be suggested for future research.

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Abstract
 1. Introduction
 2. Literature Review
  2.1. Anxiety and Language
  2.2. Drama in ELT
 3. Research Methodology
  3.1. Participants
  3.2. Procedure
  3.3. Instruments
  3.4. Data Analysis
 4. Result
  4.1. Results From the Pre-/post PSCA Surveys
  4.2. Results from the Reflective Journals
 5. Discussion
  5.1. Research Question 1
  5.2. Research Question 2
 6. Conclusion
 References

저자

• Seo-Yeon Lee [ Sookmyung Women’s University ]
• Nam-Joon Kang [ Sookmyung Women’s University) ]

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