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Research on Oil Agriculture and Food Processing Engineer Students’ English Test Anxiety
Mei Dong
Corresponding Author: Mei Dong
Submitted: November 30, 2014
Accepted: January 8, 2015
Published: April 10, 2015 |
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By conducting a principal component analysis on 254 Chinese oil agriculture and food processing engineer students’ answer to English Test Anxiety Scale (Dong, 2010), the current study examined the internal structure of their English Test Anxiety (ETA). Six dimensions were found, which were the ETA-Speaking, ETA-Reading and ETA-Writing, as well as the Interpersonal skill and Lack of practice. Cumulatively, the six components accounted for 55.6% of the total variance of the ETA. The component of ETA-Listening alone contributed to 21.79% of the total variance, which implied that ETA-Listening was an important part of the ETA. Besides, the identification of language skill-specific anxieties within ETA indicated that there possibly exists individual difference with regards to language skill-specific anxieties among test-takers. Series of paired t-tests on ETA-Listening, ETA-Speaking, ETA-Reading and ETA-Writing indicated that the sample test-takers experienced different levels of ETA-Listening and ETA-Speaking, but the same level of ETA-Reading and ETA-Writing.
Key words: English test anxiety, food processing engineer, oil agriculture, principal component analysis, , ,
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Mei Dong, . Research on Oil Agriculture and Food Processing Engineer Students’ English Test Anxiety. Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology, (11): 896-898.
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ISSN (Online): 2042-4876
ISSN (Print): 2042-4868 |
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