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The study investigated language anxiety of Korean college students when they spoke with NSs and FSs in an English clinic center. The research questions were constructed as follows; 1) How much were those students anxious when they spoke with NSs and FSs in the center? 2) In terms of students’ English proficiency, were there any differences? 3) What were the characteristics of those students’ language anxiety in the center? Seventy-eight college students participated in the survey, and six of them volunteered for the in-depth interview. Independent sample t-tests and ANOVA were used to analyze data, and McCracken’s (1988) analytic process was used for analysis of qualitative data. Results of data analysis showed that Korean college students in the center did not show differences in language anxiety when they communicated with NSs and FSs and no difference either towards both groups by the participants’ English proficiency levels. The participants’ language anxiety and their English proficiency and self-perceived English proficiency showed negative relation. Participants’ language anxiety was due to the individual differences not because of the differences toward native speakers or foreign students. Suggestions for further study and implications are presented as well.

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I. Introduction
II. Literature Review
1. The English-only zone or a pseudo-natural setting
2. Language Anxiety
III. Method
1. Participants
2. Data Collection and Analysis
IV. Results of Data Analysis
1. Students’ Overall Language Anxiety
2. Students’ Language Anxiety by their English Proficiency
3. Characteristics of Students’ Language Anxiety
V. Conclusions and Implications
Works Cited
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저자

• Jeong, Soyoung [ Chungbuk National University, Full-time researcher ] First author
• Rha, Kyeong-Hee [ Chungbuk National University, Professor ] Corresponding author

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810