The threshold of anxiety in low-stakes testing for foreign language reading

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Volume 30, No. 1

contributor.author:

Mikami, Hitoshi Leung, Chi Yui Yoshikawa Lisa

date.accessioned:

2020-05-22T02:27:36Z

date.available:

2020-05-22T02:27:36Z

date.issued:

2018-04

description.abstract:

The following question has yet to be answered by researchers: when does anxiety have a systematic downward bias on foreign language (FL) reading test scores? The results of the correlation and regression analyses conducted in this study indicate that, at least in the case of university-level English learners in Japan, anxiety-induced bias occurs in a low-stakes FL reading test when the test becomes objectively challenging for students. Our data also suggest that concerns about unsuccessful text comprehension play a central role in the elevation of anxiety in a low-stakes test situation.

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endingpage:

107

identifier.doi:

10125/66740

identifier.issn:

1539-0578

identifier.uri:

http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66740

number:

1

publisher:

University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology

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Testing

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/rfl/item/400

startingpage:

92

subject:

anxiety perceived language competence test performance low-stakes test

title:

The threshold of anxiety in low-stakes testing for foreign language reading

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Article

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Text

volume:

30