The relationship between foreign language learning strategies and foreign language classroom anxiety of high school students

The aim of the research is to analyse the relationship between foreign language learning strategies and foreign language classroom anxiety of high school students the research consists of five sections. These are; Introduction, Conceptual Framework, Methods, Results and Explanation, Conclusion Discussion and Recommendations.The research was carried out in 2011-2012 academic year on 429 students studying in 9 different high schools affiliated to İstanbul Tuzla District Education Directorate. 208 female and 221 male students got involved in this research.In order to determine foreign language learning strategies of the student, Oxford?s Strategy Inventory of Language Learning; to measure foreign language classroom anxiety Horwitz?s Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale and also for demographic characteristics, Personal Information Form prepared by the researcher were used in this research.Strategy Inventory of Language Learning includes six dimensions: memory, cognitive, compensation, metacognitive, social and affective strategies. Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale does not include any dimensions.The frequency tables and percentage of demographic characteristics were presented. Also,Language learning strategies and foreign language classroom anxiety of the students were tested; analysis on whether those variables diversified or not was carried out according to demographic characteristics and the relationships among them were analyzed. The acquired data were analyzed and interpreted by SPSS15 program.As a result of Pearson?s Correlation Analysis that was done to determine the relationships between `Strategy Inventory of Language Learning? sub-dimensions and ?Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale? a significant relationship was founded among all sub-dimensions in a negative way when the results of the research was evaluated.Results reveal there is a significant relationship in a negative way between language learning strategies and foreign language classroom anxiety level of the high school students.