摘要：This study aims to determine whether there is a relationship between foreign language anxiety levels and language performance of 331 A1 level university preparatory students learning English as a foreign language in Turkey by Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale. Foreign language anxiety levels were measured by FLCAS, and language performance was determined by the achievement test scores. The findings of the study are: (1) the participants in the current study exhibited relatively low levels of anxiety in their English classes (2) female students were more apt to suffer fro m foreign language anxiety; (3) there was a statistically significant negative relationship between foreign language anxiety and language performance.
关键词：Foreign language anxiety; language performance; gender
