VININDITA CITRAYASA (UNIVERSITAS ATMA JAYA YOGYAKARTA)
ELISABETH MARSELLA (Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta)

AN ANALYSIS OF INFORMATICS STUDENTS’ FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY: EFFECTS OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING TASKS : SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LITERACY DEVELOPMENT

This research investigates the fluctuation of foreign language anxiety (FLA) levels among participants before and after students’ engagement in project-based learning (PBL) environments. Foreign Language anxiety, a phenomenon in language acquisition contexts, often presents a significant barrier to effective communication and learning outcomes. However, research on how PBL to mitigate FLA remains under explored. Eighty Informatics students who joined PBL English class for one semester participated in the study. Through a mixed-methods approach, including surveys and interviews, this study examined the effects of PBL on the students’ language anxiety. The findings showed notable decrease on fear of making mistake, accepting correction from teacher, giving spontaneous answers, and joining English class. However, the findings indicate the students’ anxiety on how their friends are still better on language skills. Besides, they were also found overwhelmed with the tasks’ requirements. In addition, the students were still found anxious of being failed in English class. These findings contributed to a deeper understanding of the connection between pedagogical strategies and affective factors in language learning contexts. The implication contributed to instructional designs, materials and tasks development thatvcould minimize the language learning anxiety.

Vinindita Citrayasa is an English lecturer and researcher in the Informatics department of Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia. She has a great interest in research of English for Academic and Specific Purposes, Applied Linguistics, Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL), and English education technology.

Elisabeth Marsella is a lecturer at Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Her area of interest is corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis.