Exploring English-Speaking Anxiety, Vocabulary Size, and Their Relationship Among High- and Low-Performing Thai University Students

Pasara Namsaeng and Wadinlada Thuratham

World Journal of English Language, 2025, vol. 15, issue 6, 414

Abstract: This study examines English speaking anxiety, vocabulary size, and the relationship between English language speaking anxiety and vocabulary size among Thai university students, specifically analyzing differences between high- and low-performance groups. A sample of 438 undergraduate students enrolled in a Communicative English course participated in the research, utilizing the Updated Vocabulary Level Test (UVLT) to measure vocabulary size and a speaking anxiety questionnaire to evaluate anxiety levels. The Rasch analysis shows that the speaking anxiety questionnaire indicates model fit, one-dimensionality with an eigenvalue of 1.85, local independence, and person reliability of 0.894 (p

Date: 2025
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