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    ’n Ondersoek na die verband tussen taalangstigheid en taalaanleerstrategieë onder Afrikaanstweedetaalstudente aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03) Human, Emrie; Adendorff, Elbie; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Afrikaans and Dutch.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study can be divided into two components, namely language anxiety and language learning strategies. Language anxiety refers to anxiety that arises when one is learning a second or a foreign language. It is a specific type of anxiety that is limited to the second language classroom. Language and “the self” are closely related and the inability to communicate in a second or a foreign language is a threat to “the self”, therefore leading to language anxiety. Language anxiety can be successfully treated using various techniques. An example of such a technique is the use of language learning strategies. Language learning strategies are different strategies that one can use to relieve language anxiety when learning a second or a foreign language. Oxford (1990) has identified 62 of these strategies that can be applied when learning a second or foreign language. In this study, two questionnaires were distributed to 34 participants at the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch at Stellenbosch University. The participants took Afrikaans as a First Additional Language in school and are currently registered as students of the Afrikaanse Taalverwerwing module 188 as well as for the modules Afrikaans Eerste Addisionele Taal 177 and 179 which are for second-language speakers of Afrikaans. The first questionnaire investigated language anxiety and the second questionnaire investigated the use of language learning strategies. The study aimed to determine whether there is a link between the participants’ language anxiety and their use of language learning strategies. The findings show that the participants do not experience exceptionally high levels of language anxiety. They also show moderate application of language learning strategies. The study did not find an apparent link between the participants’ language anxiety and their language learning strategies.