Affecting Factors for Japanese Speaking Anxiety of East Asian Languages Program Students Japanese Course Chiang Rai Rajabhat University

Abstract

The main objectives of the study were: (1) to investigate the factors affecting Japanese speaking anxiety among East Asian Languages Program Students in Japanese Course, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University (2) to study anxiety levels in Japanese speaking among East Asian Languages Program Students in Japanese Course, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, and (3) to suggest the guidelines for the development of teaching and learning management in the Bachelor of Arts Program Department of East Asian Languages in Japanese Course, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University and other educational institutions. The population of the study consisted of 125 students from 1^st – 4^th year Admission for the academic year 2018-2021 in the Japanese Major Program, Faculty of Humanities, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University by using purposive sampling method. The instruments used in this study werethe questionnaires and semi-structured interview forms. Selection of inte rviews from people prone to anxiety. In addition, students had proposed guidelines to develop teaching and learning in the Bachelor of Arts Program of East Asian Languages Department by adding a Japanese conversation course with a native speaker in order to get used to conversation with Japanese. And in the courses, the freedom to answer questions in conversations should be more than to memorize or to check grammatical correctness. There is a need from the teacher to encourage them in their studies by using tone of voice and facial expressions to encourage students even if they make mistakes in learning Japanese.