The Impact of Anxiety on the Academic Achievement of Students The Case of First Year LMD Students of English at Adrar University

Abstract

The state of anxiety, in fact, is considered as being the result of several situations that frighten and threaten the individuals in their daily-life. These situations that encounter and confront the individuals in their daily-life direct them to be under the influence of internal conflicts,, which in turn develop a sense of anxiety or unpleasant emotions. More specifically, in educational settings, the construct of anxiety is extremely developed when the learner's self-esteem and self-confidence are directly influenced and impacted by a variety of aspects, for example, the way of performing in a task. In the current study, the concept of anxiety refers mainly to a disturbing emotion that encounters learners in their educational career and has an impact on their overall academic achievement. This study used a qualitative research method in a questionnaire format. It encompasses two main questionnaires that were administered to or designed for both teachers and learners in an attempt to have a precise idea or a clear image about the construct of anxiety as a whole, and in which cases learners feel anxious. Also, the findings suggested that anxiety can originate from the fear of failing in tests, negative evaluation as well as the fear of speaking the foreign language. In addition, this study contains a variety of discussions of the results obtained from both questionnaires. At the end of this study, a number of recommendations are suggested and proposed