An exploration of EFL learners’ anxiety in an online learning environmental class

Abstract

This research is based on a small scale of study that shed lights on ‘An Exploration of EFL Learners’ Anxiety in Online Language Learning’. Five private universities of Dhaka, Bangladesh have been selected. From there, 97 students and 28 teachers have participated in the survey. In order to conduct the survey, 21 close-ended questions have been developed to collect data. There are also four open-ended questions so that the researcher can observe both students’ and teachers’ psychology along with students’ anxiety level in online learning environment. This study also finds some mistakes in the English language learning procedure which needs to be corrected. The research will be beneficial for the EFL students to overcome their English language learning anxiety level with the help of online learning environment. It will also help teachers in their teaching process as well as selecting a feedback method to assist their students and help them to reduce their anxiety level in learning target language (English).