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Fear of Negative Evaluation As An Explanation of Learner Apprehension or Anxiety Needs Elaboration
Fear of Negative Evaluation As An Explanation of Learner Apprehension or Anxiety Needs Elaboration
needs elaboration. In the consciousness of the learner, the negative evaluation may
come from the linguistic mistakes she or he makes. Thus, generally speaking, a fear
of inadequate proficiency in the language combined with a fear that others woud
poorly appraise one over such inadequacy impedes or stops communication (Jones,
2013)
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