Examining the relationship between foreign language enjoyment and public speaking anxiety among the Turkish efl learners

With the increasing of students who like to learn English language as Englısh foreıgn language, it is necessary to discover the difficulties which may affect negatively on learning process, for example, speaking, feeling anxiety and enjoyment which may negatively affect EFL second language learning during the class one of these difficulties which are reported as the main problem to students in their learning is anxiety. The current study examines the relationship between foreign language enjoyment and public speaking anxiety among Turkish EFL students. The participants of the study are undergraduate students in Baskent University in English Language Department. Quantitative statistical data analyses were applied to examine foreign language enjoyment and public speaking class anxiety. The results of the study showed that there is a medium positive correlation between students' performance and FL enjoyment. In addition, there is a negative correlation between feeling anxiety and FL enjoyment to a moderate negative relationship between FL classroom anxiety and FL enjoyment. Furthermore, there is a strong positive correlation between students' perceptions and FL enjoyment. Finally, our study showed that there is a moderate negative correlation between barriers and FL enjoyment.