LANGUAGE ANXIETY PHENOMENON OVERVIEW: DEFINITION, CLASSIFICATION, EFFECT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENTS

Abstract

In foreign pedagogy, there is a large number of studies of foreign language anxiety (Foreign Language Anxiety). However, in Russian national pedagogy, this phenomenon is not so much widely studied. Thus, the purpose of this study is to summarize information about foreign language anxiety from the moment of the appearance of this term in the 1980s to current studies and studies on the causes, classification, influence exerted on foreign language learners, as well as methods for eliminating foreign language anxiety. Despite the fact that this phenomenon is perceived as a factor influencing the process of learning a foreign language, researchers often come to contradictory conclusions, which will also be given in this article. The author concludes that the use of special techniques by the teacher will help students get rid of anxiety, which will help improve both their academic performance and psychological state in general.