Chapter One:Overview of Exam Phobia



People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

Mohamed Kheider University of Biskra

Faculty of Letters and Languages

Department of Foreign Languages

Section of English

                                                

Investigating the Effect of Exam Phobia on EFL Learners’ Outcomes Case Study: First Year LMD Students at Biskra University

 


A research proposalsubmitted to the Department of Foreign Languagesas partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master’s Degree in Sciences of Languages

Dissertation Submitted to the Department of Foreign Languages as Partial

Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Master’s Degree in Sciences of

Language

 

Submitted by:Lebbal Meriem                 Supervised by: Mr. Aounali Walid

Board of Examiners

President: Dr. Mostefa MEDDOURMCBUniversity of Biskra

Supervisor: Mr. Walid AOUNALI          MABUniversity of Biskra

Examiner: Dr. NadiaREZIG-BETKA  MCBUniversity of Biskra

June 2018

Dedication

I dedicate this work to:

My precious parents,

My beloved sister,

My nephew Wassim and my niece Tassnim,

All the members of my family,

My friends,

All those who love me,

Thanks for your support and encouragement.

Acknowledgments

I would like first to thank ALLAH for giving me strength and capacity to complete

this work.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Mr. Walid Aounalifor his guidance, support, help and patience.

I would like also to thank the members of jury, namelyDr. MostefaMeddourand

Dr. Nadia Rezig-Betkafor correcting and evaluating this work.

Finally, I am extremely thankful to all the participants who provided me with a necessarilydata to finish this study.

Abstract

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List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

EFL: English as a foreign Language

LMD: Licence, Master, Doctorate

N: Number

%: Percentage

 

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List of Tables

Table 3.1: Students’ Gender distribution..........................................add page numbers

Table 3.2: Frequency of students who faced a certain fear during the examination.....

Table 3.3- a: Student’s classification of fear........................................

Table 3-b: Student’s classification of fear............................................

Table 3.4: Symptoms of examination fear phobia.........................................................

Table 3.5: Different views about the effect of exam room on learners’ performance...

Table 3.6: Frequency of anxious students before taking examination...........................

Table 3.7: Students Anxiety While Answering Exam Questions.................................

Table 3.8: Different views about the effects of poor preparation on learners’ psychology........................................................................................................................

Table 3.9: The students’ possibility of facing a fear of failure which cause fear of examination .................................................................................................................................

Table 3.10: The students’ response of how often fear of examination makes them forget the answer of some questions..........................................................................................

Table 3.11: The number of students’ response who are afraid from examination because exam pressure reduces their efficiency.........................................................................

Table3.12: Student’s answers about the fear of punishment that will be imposed by their parents.................................................................................................................................

Table3.13: Frequency of student who have fear from their teachers would be annoyed with them on getting low grades..................................................................................

Table3.14: Frequency of student who tough competition among class fellows causes fear of examination failure..........................................................................................................

Table3.15: Teachers think that Phobia exists among learners......................................

Table3.16: Teachers have witnessed some phobia learners...........................................

Table 3.17: Phobia has relation to the person’s age or gender.....................................

Table3.18: The symptoms of phobia that teachers observed on students.....................

Table3.19: Exam- phobia affects learners’ results.........................................................

Table3.20: Teachers’ view about effect exam environment on learners’ achievement

Table3.21: The factors that may cause examination phobia or hinders learners’ achievements........................................................................................................................

 

List of Graphs

Graph 3.1: Students’ Gender distribution ……….......................................................

Graph 3.2: Frequency of students who faced a certain fear during the examination....

Graph 3.3- a: Student’s classification of fear ………..................................................

Graph 3-b: Student’s classification of fear ..................................................................

Graph 3.4: Symptoms of examination fear or phobia..................................................

Graph 3.5: Different views about the effect of exam room on learners’ performance..

Graph 3.6: Frequency of anxious students before taking examination........................

Graph 3.7: Students Anxiety While Answering Exam Questions...............................

Graph 3.8: Different views about the effects of poor preparation on learners’ psychology....

Graph 3.9: The students’ possibility of facing a fear of failure which cause fear of examination ....................................................................................................................

Graph 3.10: The students’ response of how often fear of examination makes them forget the answer of some questions.......................................................................................

Graph 3.11: The number of students’ response who are afraid from examination because exam pressure reduces their efficiency.........................................................................

Graph 3.12: Student’s answers about the fear of punishment that will be imposed by their parents............................................................................................................................

Graph 3.13: Frequency of student who have fear from their teachers would be annoyed with them on getting low grades.................................................................................

Graph 3.14: Frequency of student who tough competition among class fellows causes fear of examination failure................................................................................................

Graph 3.15: Teachers think that Phobia exists among learners....................................

Graph 3.16: Teachers have witnessed some phobia learners.........................................

Graph 3.17: Phobia has relation to the person’s age or gender....................................

Graph 3.18: The symptoms of phobia that teachers observed on students...................

Graph 3.19: Exam- phobia affects learners’ results......................................................

Graph 3.20: Teachers’ view about effect exam environment on learners’ achievement....

 Graph3.21: The factors that may cause examination phobia or hinders learners’ achievements............................................................................................................

 

 

Table of contents

Dedication……………………………………………………………… II

Acknowledgment………………………………………………………. III

Abstract………………………………………………………………… IV

List of Abbreviations…………………………………………………... V

List of Tables…………………………………………………………. VI

List of graphs…………………………………………………………... VII

 

General introduction…………………………………………………page numbers?

1. Statement of the Problem………………………………………………………….

2. Aims of the study………………………………………….……………………….

3. Significance of the Study…………………………………………………

4. Research Question……………………………………………………………….

5. Research Hypothesis…………………………………………………….….

6. Research methodology…………………………………….…………………….

7. Population and sampling…………………………………….……….………….

8. Data collection tools……………………………………………………….…….

9. Structure of the study......................................................................................

Chapter One:Overview of Exam Phobia

1-1-Understanding Phobia.

1-2-Types of Phobia.

1-2-1-Specific phobia.

1-2-2- Complex phobia.

1-3-Definitions of Exam Phobia.

1-4-Definition of Anxiety.

1-5-Definition of exam fear.

1-6-Definition of Exam Washback.

1-7-Definition of stress.

1-7-1-Positive impact of the stress.

1-7-2-Negative impact of the stress.

1-8-Components of Phobia Exam.

1-8-1-Cognitive component.

1-8-2-Emotional component.

1-8-3-Physiological components.

1-9-Factors that shape Exam Phobia.

2- -Strategies to overcoming Exam Phobia.

Conclusion.


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