A unique form of anxiety experienced in response to learning or using an L2 was identified in the mid-1980s¶
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q1 i? In the mid-1980s, researchers identified a unique form of anxiety that some people experience in response to learning and/or using an L2, now typically referred to as language anxiety or foreign language anxiety (FLA). → Elaine K. Horwitz 2010
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Elaine K. Horwitz 2010¶
Elaine K. Horwitz. (2010). Foreign and second language anxiety. Language Teaching, Volume 43, Issue 2, April 2010, pp. 154-167. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026144480999036X
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Historical statement in the article's extract dating the identification of a distinct L2-specific anxiety to the mid-1980s, subsequently 'Typically referred to as language anxiety or foreign language anxiety (FLA)'. This is a timeline/historical claim, not an empirical test.
"Scovel did not, however, anticipate the identification in the mid-1980s of a unique form of anxiety that some people experience in response to learning and/or using an L2"
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A unique form of anxiety experienced in response to learning or using an L2 was identified in the mid-1980s |
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A unique form of anxiety experienced in response to learning or using an L2 was identified in the mid-1980s |
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