English Reading Anxiety in Relation to the Oral Reading Fluency of Grade 11 Students
Keywords:
anxiety, fluency, instructional level, reading, skill
Abstract
Reading is an essential skill that students need to develop. However, readers may experience anxiety in reading materials in English. This study determined the level of English reading anxiety in relation to the oral reading fluency of the 163 Grade 11 students of Ozamiz City National High School, Ozamiz City. A descriptive-correlational design was used in the study. Adopted English Reading Anxiety Questionnaire and a Multidimensional Fluency Scale for Oral Reading Fluency were used in gathering the data. Mean, Standard Deviation, and Regression Analysis were the statistical tools used in analyzing the data gathered. Results revealed that the level of English reading anxiety of the respondents was high, and their level of oral reading fluency was instructional. There was a highly significant relationship between the English reading anxiety and the oral reading fluency of the students. Anxiety affects how well students read materials in English.
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Polit, D.F. and Hungler, B.P. 2013. Essentials of Nursing Research: Methods, Appraisal, and Utilization (8th Edition ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
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Rasinski, T. V., Padak, N. D., McKeon, C. A., Wilfong, L. G., Friedauer, J. A., & Heim, P. (2005). Is reading fluency a key for successful high school reading? Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 49(1), 22-27. Retrieved January 11, 2018 from https://goo.gl/gsQEmd
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Sari, W. P. (2018). The Relationship Between Reading Anxiety and Reading Strategy Used by Efl Student Teachers. Edukasi: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran, 4(2), 1-9. Retrieved February 1, 2018 from https://goo.gl/r9TsY7
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Urquhart, A.H. & Weir, C. J. 2014. Reading in a Second Language: Process, Product and Practice. Routledge: New York City. Retrieved August 6, 2017 from https://goo.gl/FbBbMR
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Zhou, J. (2017). Foreign language reading anxiety in a chinese as a foreign language context. Reading in a Foreign Language, 29(1), 155-173. Retrieved January 28, 2018 from https://goo.gl/qiFwma
Zoghi, M. (2012).An instrument for EFL reading anxiety: Inventory construction and preliminary validation. The Journal of ASIA TEFL, 9(1), 31&56.
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