Mobile Phones' Video Recording Tool: A Solution to Freshmen's English-Speaking Anxiety

Le Van Huynh Ha and Huy Ngoc Nguyen
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Le Van Huynh Ha: Van Lang University, Vietnam
Huy Ngoc Nguyen: Van Lang University, Vietnam

International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT), 2021, vol. 11, issue 2, 16-32

Abstract: Foreign language anxiety (FLA) has a debilitating influence on the oral performance of EFL speakers. Over the past decade, most research in MALL has emphasized the use of mobile applications on improving language skills, but little research has explored the impact of using video recording tool to decrease foreign language speaking anxiety (FLSA). Hence, this study examines the effect of using video recording tool on students' EFL speaking anxiety. Twenty-eight pre-intermediate freshmen at Van Lang University, Vietnam, participated in a seven-week project. In this research, mixed method was used in combination with three data collection instruments: questionnaire, observation notes, semi-structured interview. The results indicated that video recording tool significantly lowers EFL speaking anxiety. Therefore, this study makes a major contribution to research on FLA by exploring freshmen's anxiety causes and its impacts on learners' oral performance and offering a technique to help them overcome that phobia: mobile phone video recording.

Date: 2021
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