Foreign Language Anxiety and EFL Learning: Definition, Types, Factors, Symptoms, Negative Effects, and Strategies to Cope with it

Foreign language anxiety is the psychological tension, apprehension, and worry experienced by non-native speakers when learning or using a foreign language (Young, 1991). Such a phenomenon can make English learning a traumatic experience for learners and may prevent them from learning it effectively. In this respect, this book aims at introducing a critical review of the literature about this psychological variable, its types, factors, symptoms, and negative effects. Through two research methods, which are the scale and the questionnaire, this book also has the purpose of investigating Foreign Language Anxiety among Moroccan secondary and high school students. Not only that, but this book also attempts to suggest a variety of strategies to alleviate anxiety among learners in order to make their EFL learning experience an interesting and pleasing one. Therefore, this book can be useful for students, teachers, parents, educational counselors, curriculum developers, educational policy makers, and researchers.

Yosra Kettani is a Master holder in "Applied Language Studies and Research in Higher Education" from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University: Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Fez, 2013. She is also a high school teacher of English in the Moroccan Ministry of Education. Moreover, Yosra is a social activist and a member in several associations.