The journal of Japanese Language Education Methods
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Print ISSN : 1881-3968
Potential for English-Japanese Communication Workshop:
How Interaction with Target Language Speakers Affects Second Language Anxiety
Kanako MISAWAKaori IBUKIJoey CORREA
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2025 Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 82-83

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We investigated the second language anxiety of learners who participated in English-Japanese communication workshop and found that they had 1) anxiety about the environment, 2) anxiety about their target language level/use of their target language, and 3) anxiety about the workshop content. Most of them felt less anxious after attending the workshop and gained more motivation and opportunities to interact with target language speakers. This finding suggests that English-Japanese communication workshop has the potential to reduce learners' anxiety and improve their language learning.
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