A study on foreign language teaching anxiety of non-native speakers

The main objective of this study is to investigate if non-native EFL instructors have foreign language listening and speaking anxiety. At the same time, if there is a relationship between these anxieties and self-efficacy of the instructors and if these anxieties differ according to years of teaching experience were investigated. Research data was collected from 100 instructors working at three different universities by means of three different questionnaires. The study was conducted at Adıyaman University, Hasan Kalyoncu University and Gaziantep University. The results revealed that the instructors had a moderate level of foreign language listening and speaking anxiety and there was a moderate positive correlation between self-efficacy and foreign language listening and speaking anxiety. It was also found that foreign language listening and speaking anxiety of the instructors didn't differ according to years of teaching experience. Key words: Foreign Language Listening Anxiety, Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety, Communication Apprehension, Self-Efficacy, Years Of Teaching Experience