A Comparative Study on Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety Level of Female Students in Only-Girl School and Mixed-Sex School in EFL Classroom.
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This non-experimental, causal-comparative study, sought to find possible variations in foreign language speaking anxiety level among female students in two different educational environments: the mixed-sex Bambassi Secondary School and the all-females Pharo Boarding School.The Foreign Language speaking Anxiety Scale (FLSAS), Developed by Horwitz et al. (1986), was used to assess foreign language speaking anxiety level of female students within the two environment. This research reveals that Pharo Boarding School and Bambassi Secondary School students (p = 0.607) do not differ noticeably in foreign language speaking anxiety. This points to little impact of variables related to school, like teaching techniques, the surroundings of the school, or the kind of institution, on the degree of worry experienced by pupils.
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