Occupational anxiety of EFL teachers: A case study in Libya

Some EFL teachers may feel occupational anxiety which might have a negative impact on their ability to learn and teach. However, little is known about Libyan EFL teachers' occupational anxiety. The main aim of the present study is to investigate the anxiety of EFL teachers in Libya. To this end, this study explored general anxiety level, Language proficiency (LP), Teaching Inexperience (TI), Lack of Student Interest (LSI), Fear of Negative Assessment (FNA), Time Management (TM) and Lack of Support (LS). 175 EFL teachers participated in this study by filling in thirty-one items assessed on a 5-point Likert scale. The results showed strong positive relationships between lack of student interest (LSI) fear of negative assessment (FNA), time management (TM) and lack of support (LS). The remaining correlations were all indicating moderate positive relationships. Moreover, statistically significant differences in anxiety between males and females were found based on their anxiety scale evaluations.