Effect of music on listening test anxiety
Effect of music on listening test anxiety
Western Interdisciplinary Research Building (WIRB)
Many language learners struggle with test anxiety when completing language assessment tasks. One potential approach to cope with anxiety entails listening to relaxing music. The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which listening to relaxing music can have a beneficial effect on language learnersˇ test anxiety and performance on an academic English listening test.
Both male and female
Students at Western University
Speak English as a second language
Who can participate in this study?
Inclusion criteria
Students at Western University who speak English as a second language
What is involved?
Our study involves one 2-hour visit to a lab in WIRB. In the lab, each participant will complete a background questionnaire, an academic English listening test, and a post-test interview. During the listening test, the participant's emotional arousal (i.e., anxiety level) will be recorded using galvanic skin response (GSR) sensors that measure sweat gland activity at the fingers of one hand. After the test, the participant will be asked about the effect of relaxing music that they heard in the middle of the test on their listening test performance and anxiety.
Principal Investigator & Posting Dates
Principal Investigator: Ruslan Suvorov
Study posted on: August 1st, 2024
Recruitment open until: May 1st, 2025
Who can I contact to learn more about this study?
For more information about this study please contact:
Ga Eul You
gyou5@uwo.ca
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