Journal of Depression and Anxiety
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-1044
ISSN: 2167-1044
Department of Educational Technology, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
Research Article
Problem-Based Learning Affecting Learners? Willingness to Communicate, Self-Efficacy and Classroom Anxiety
Author(s): Abbas Ali Zarei*
This study aims at investigating the effects of the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) approach on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ psychological factors of willingness to communicate, self-efficacy and classroom anxiety. According to Oxford Placement Test (OPT) and based on purposeful sampling method, ninety pre-intermediate EFL students were selected and grouped into three groups of online PBL, face-to-face PBL and control group with 30 learners in each. The students in both online PBL and face-to-face PBL classes were exposed to 10 sessions of teaching the speaking skill according to the framework of the PBL approach. Meanwhile, the control group received speaking instruction based on a conventional method other than the PBL. Three questionnaires of Willingness to Communicate (WTC), English self-efficacy and foreign language classroom anxiety scale were administered be.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-1044.24.13.529