Correlation of Foreign Language Anxiety, Metacognition Awareness and Big Five Personality Traits in High School Students

Abstract

This research paper aimed to examine the relations among the foreign language classroom anxiety levels (FLCA), general metacognitive awareness levels (MA) and the Big-5 personality traits of the high school students; gender was another variable of concern. The population of this correlational survey study consisted of 200 students. The data of the study was collected with the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale, NEO Personality – Inventory and the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory. There was a negative correlation between FLCA with MA and Openness (latter two being positively correlated with each other).