Özet:

Foreign language anxiety is a self-perception specific to foreign language learning classes and is mainly caused by the uncertainties of the foreign language learning process. In this respect, foreign language anxiety differs from other types of anxiety. This study was conducted to reveal the foreign language anxiety levels of 9th,10th, and 11th-grade students studying at the high school level in terms of some variables. The descriptive model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the study. The study was carried out with the participation of 201 high school students studying in the Yeşilli district of Mardin province in the 2021-2022 academic year. Among the students who participated in the study, 96.5% had not received preparatory education, while only 3.5% had received preparatory education. The Foreign Language Anxiety Inventory (1986), developed by Horwitz et al., was translated into Turkish by Aydın et al. and was used to be the source of the measurement tool in line with the scope of the research. The analyses were conducted using a statistical software program, and a significance level 0.05 was accepted. The findings analyzed whether the students' anxiety levels towards foreign language varied based on different variables. The analysis results revealed that the foreign language anxiety scores show a normal distribution. It was determined that the anxiety average scores of the participants were at the fourth (I agree) level according to the 5-point Likert scale. According to the analysis of the data, it was found that students' foreign language anxiety levels were relatively high. In addition, it was determined that the students' anxiety levels did not differ according to gender, age, and whether they receive a preparatory class. The obtained results were discussed within the literature framework, and recommendations have been made for researchers and practitioners regarding these results.

Anahtar Kelimeler: