A study of 76 learners of Chinese as a foreign language in the United States examined their foreign language reading anxiety levels. Data was collected via a reading anxiety survey, a background information survey, and face-to-face interviews. The study was authored by Jing Zhou and sourced from the paperswithcode platform.
Use Cases
- Modeling reading anxiety levels based on background variables like years of learning and heritage status.
- Identifying major sources of reading anxiety such as comprehension worries and unfamiliar topics.
- Analyzing differences in anxiety levels across different course levels (100- to 400-level).
Strengths
- Includes data from 76 survey participants, providing a basis for statistical analysis.
- Background variables such as years learning Chinese and heritage learner status are included.
- A regression model explained 15% of the variance in reading anxiety, suggesting some predictive power.
Limitations
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Provenance
- Source
- Jing Zhou via paperswithcode
- Collection Method
- Data from a foreign language reading anxiety survey, a background information survey, and face-to-face interviews.
- Geography
- United States