THE RELATIONSHIP OF SELF-EFFICACY AND TEST ANXIETY FOR LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF GRADE 9 STUDENTS AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN CHONBURI, THAILAND
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This study aimed to determine whether there was a significant relationship of self-efficacy and test anxiety for learning English as a foreign language with English academic achievement of Grade 9 students at a public school in Chonburi, Thailand. A convenience sample of 108 students, enrolled in three Grade 9 classes at the target school during the academic year 2021-2022, participated in this study. The Questionnaire of Self-Efficacy (QESE; Wang et al., 2013) and the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS; Horwitz et al., 1986) were adopted and used to measure the levels of the participants’ self-efficacy and test anxiety for learning English as a foreign language, respectively. The English as a foreign language final test scores were collected from the participants to measure their English academic achievement. From the data analysis, it was found that the overall level of self-efficacy held by Grade 9 students at the target school was slightly low, their overall level of test anxiety was moderate, and their overall level of English academic achievement was good. Moreover, participants’ English academic achievement was found to be significantly, positively and weakly correlated with their self-efficacy for learning English as a foreign language, and significantly, negatively and weakly correlated with their test anxiety for learning English as a foreign language. The combination of the participants’ self-efficacy and test anxiety for learning English as a foreign language was found to be significantly and weakly correlated with their English academic achievement. Recommendations are provided for the students, teachers, school principal and administrators, and future researchers, based on the research findings obtained from this study.
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ทัศนะและความคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในบทความในวารสารฉบับนี้ถือเป็นความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนบทความนั้นเพียงผู้เดียว และไม่ถือเป็นทัศนะและความรับผิดชอบของกองบรรณาธิการ
กองบรรณาธิการขอสงวนสิทธิ์ในการคัดเลือกบทความลงตีพิมพ์และจะแจ้งให้เจ้าของบทความทราบหลังจากผู้ประเมินบทความตรวจอ่านบทความแล้ว
ต้นฉบับที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวารสารครุศาสตร์ปริทรรศน์ คณะครุศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยมหาจุฬาลงกรณราชวิทยาลัย ถือเป็นกรรมสิทธิ์ของคณะครุศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยมหาจุฬาลงกรณราชวิทยาลัย ห้ามนำข้อความทั้งหมดหรือบางส่วนไปพิมพ์ซ้ำ เว้นเสียแต่ว่าจะได้รับอนุญาตจากมหาวิทยาลัยฯ เป็นลายลักษณ์อักษร
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