Anxiety and EFL speaking in Spanish compulsory and non-compulsory Secondary Education: A mixed-method study

Autores/as

  • Raquel Criado Universidad de Murcia
  • Yáfar Mengual Universidad de Murcia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_misc/mj.20176813

Palabras clave:

ansiedad, escala de medición de la ansiedad en el aula de lenguas extranjeras, destreza de expresión oral, educación secundaria española, diseño de métodos mixtos

Resumen

El objetivo de este artículo exploratorio consiste en examinar la relación entre la ansiedad lingüística y la destreza de expresión oral en la asignatura de Inglés como Lengua Extranjera en la Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y Bachillerato españoles. A tal fin, se llevó a cabo un estudio con un diseño de métodos mixtos, de carácter explicativo y secuencial. La investigación se realizó en dos clases intactas, cuya muestra ascendió a 18 alumnos de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y 19 de Bachillerato. En la fase cuantitativa, los niveles de ansiedad lingüística de los 37 alumnos se midieron a través de la “escala de ansiedad en el aula de lenguas extranjeras” (Horwitz, Horwitz and Cope 1986) para analizar su relación con las puntuaciones en sus exámenes orales, mediante un análisis de correlación bivariante y de regresión escalonada lineal. Los resultados cuantitativos revelaron una relación inversa entre los niveles de ansiedad lingüística de los alumnos y sus puntuaciones en el examen; el poder predictivo en el examen de las variables del curso escolar y miedo a una evaluación negativa, así como la ausencia de un aumento de la ansiedad lingüística de los alumnos en función de pertenencia a uno u otro curso escolar. En la fase cualitativa posterior, se entrevistó a cuatro alumnos cuyos resultados cuantitativos se ajustaban a un patrón no isomorfo (alto/bajo, bajo/alto) de relación entre niveles de ansiedad lingüística y sus puntuaciones del examen. Los resultados cualitativos corroboraron la importancia del miedo a una evaluación negativa e hicieron visible el peso de factores relativos a situaciones ligadas a los exámenes. Se aportan implicaciones pedagógicas que se derivan de los resultados del estudio.

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LEGISLATION

Decree no. 220/2015 by which the Secondary Education Curricula are established in the Autono- mous Community of the Region of Murcia. Autonomic Gazette of the Region of Murcia, no. 203, 2015, 3rd September.

Decree no. 221/2015 by which the Upper/Non-compulsory Secondary Education Curricula are established in the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia. Autonomic Gazette of the Region of Murcia, no. 203, 2015, 3rd September.

Royal Decree by which the basic curricula of Compulsory and Non-compulsory Education are established (RD 1105/2014, 26 December). Spanish Official State Gazette, no. 3, 2015, 3rd January.

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Publicado

2017-12-20

Cómo citar

Criado, R., & Mengual, Y. (2017). Anxiety and EFL speaking in Spanish compulsory and non-compulsory Secondary Education: A mixed-method study. Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 55, 13–35. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_misc/mj.20176813

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Lengua y lingüística