La ansiedad lingüística en el aprendizaje del francés en alumnos de Enseñanza Secundaria Obligatoria

Abstract

Currently, European education systems, aware of need to know how to use languages, are developing bilingual and even multilingual programs, thus promoting research in the field of teaching and learning of foreign languages. In recent studies, the affective-emotional aspects are emphasized, especially linguistic anxiety. The main objective of the present study is to measure the levels of linguistic anxiety of 519 students in Aragon (Spain) with the Spanish version of the FLCA scale (Pérez and Martínez, 2001). From 1^st to 4^th of Secondary in the study of the French foreign language. According to the statistic the results show significant differences between boys and girls, depending on the gender, the teaching method of French (elective / bilingual) and the support, or not, in the study of the language.