Language Anxiety | List of Frontiers open access articles

Review

Published on 10 Apr 2025

Language anxiety: understanding past research and new directions with d/Deaf, DeafBlind, and hard of hearing communities

in Psychology of Language

Christina Kim
Laurel Aichler
Tiffany Bridgett
Onudeah Nicolarakis
Shilpa Hanumantha Lacy
Rachel Sortino
Poorna Kushalnagar
Rachel Pizzie

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1558714

8,110 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 Apr 2021

The Interrelation Between Language Anxiety and Self-Determined Motivation; A Mixed Methods Approach

in Language, Culture and Diversity

Abdullah Alamer
Fahad Almulhim

Frontiers in Education

doi 10.3389/feduc.2021.618655

73,393 views
78 citations

Systematic Review

Published on 21 May 2025

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between foreign language anxiety and academic achievement in Chinese language learners

in Language, Culture and Diversity

Wenjing Chen

Frontiers in Education

doi 10.3389/feduc.2025.1576224

6,275 views
9 citations

Original Research

Published on 24 Jun 2021

Examining the Relationship Between Grit and Foreign Language Performance: Enjoyment and Anxiety as Mediators

in Educational Psychology

Eerdemutu Liu
Junju Wang

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.666892

16,705 views
122 citations

Original Research

Published on 07 Aug 2025

The relationship between individual differences and Spanish achievement among Chinese undergraduate students

in Personality and Social Psychology

Qi Lu
Eulalio Fernández Sánchez

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1622521

2,303 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 13 Mar 2026

Pedagogical strategies for mitigating foreign language anxiety: a mixed-methods study of first-semester undergraduate students

in Psychology in Education

Md. Nurul Haque
Niroj Dahal
Md. Kamrul Hasan
Netra Kumar Manandhar
Hiralal Kapar
Ramazan Zengin
Sumona Sharmin

Frontiers in Education

doi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1718085

965 views

Original Research

Published on 10 Aug 2022

Medical English anxiety patterns among medical students in Sichuan, China

in Psychology of Language

Jiaqi Deng
Kaiji Zhou
Ghayth K. S. Al-Shaibani

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.895117

6,143 views
12 citations

Original Research

Published on 20 Mar 2025

Investigating the causes of language anxiety among future primary school teachers in foreign language classes

in Teacher Education

Samia Haroud
Lynda Ouchaouka
Nadia Saqri

Frontiers in Education

doi 10.3389/feduc.2025.1510765

7,336 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 26 Oct 2022

Foreign language anxiety and dependency distance in English–Chinese interpretation classrooms

in Educational Psychology

Jackie Xiu Yan
Junying Liang

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.952664

24,005 views
24 citations

Original Research

Published on 02 Apr 2025

Reducing foreign language anxiety through repeated exposure to a customizable VR public speaking application

in Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

Seonjeong Park
Damaris D. E. Carlisle
Zimu Cheng
Marco Gillies
Xueni Pan

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1519409

7,041 views
8 citations

Systematic Review

Published on 22 Apr 2024

Foreign language anxiety research in System between 2004 and 2023: looking back and looking forward

in Educational Psychology

Qiangfu Yu

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1373290

9,877 views
17 citations

Mini Review

Published on 25 Apr 2025

Examining the relationship between foreign language anxiety and foreign language enjoyment from the perspective of positive psychology

in Psychology of Language

Qiangfu Yu

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1594282

4,606 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 28 Nov 2024

Exploring the predictors of foreign language anxiety: the roles of language proficiency, language exposure, and cognitive control

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Yan Xu
Zhilong Xie

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1492701

5,991 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 28 Oct 2025

The relations among foreign language anxiety, academic buoyancy and willingness to communicate in EFL classroom

in Educational Psychology

Yuxin Lin
Baochang Wang
Guizhen Zhang
Yankui Su

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1634054

5,859 views
6 citations

Conceptual Analysis

Published on 14 Sep 2022

The role of English as a foreign language learners’ grit and foreign language anxiety in their willingness to communicate: Theoretical perspectives

in Positive Psychology

Minqi Wang
Hui Wang
Yan Shi

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1002562

19,930 views
34 citations

Review

Published on 09 Feb 2021

Classroom Interventions and Foreign Language Anxiety: A Systematic Review With Narrative Approach

in Educational Psychology

Michiko Toyama
Yoshitaka Yamazaki

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.614184

35,727 views
76 citations

Articles

Language anxiety: understanding past research and new directions with d/Deaf, DeafBlind, and hard of hearing communities

The Interrelation Between Language Anxiety and Self-Determined Motivation; A Mixed Methods Approach

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between foreign language anxiety and academic achievement in Chinese language learners

Examining the Relationship Between Grit and Foreign Language Performance: Enjoyment and Anxiety as Mediators

The relationship between individual differences and Spanish achievement among Chinese undergraduate students

Pedagogical strategies for mitigating foreign language anxiety: a mixed-methods study of first-semester undergraduate students

Medical English anxiety patterns among medical students in Sichuan, China

Investigating the causes of language anxiety among future primary school teachers in foreign language classes

Foreign language anxiety and dependency distance in English–Chinese interpretation classrooms

Reducing foreign language anxiety through repeated exposure to a customizable VR public speaking application

Foreign language anxiety research in System between 2004 and 2023: looking back and looking forward

Examining the relationship between foreign language anxiety and foreign language enjoyment from the perspective of positive psychology

Exploring the predictors of foreign language anxiety: the roles of language proficiency, language exposure, and cognitive control

The relations among foreign language anxiety, academic buoyancy and willingness to communicate in EFL classroom

The role of English as a foreign language learners’ grit and foreign language anxiety in their willingness to communicate: Theoretical perspectives

Classroom Interventions and Foreign Language Anxiety: A Systematic Review With Narrative Approach