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A Rasch Model Analysis of the “Four L2 Anxieties”

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Foreign or second language (L2) anxiety is considered a situation-specific variable that arises within foreign language contexts, related to but separate from general trait/state anxiety and test anxiety. However, existing instruments that measure L2 anxiety have not been examined for item fit or unidimensionality and frequently produce different results from study to study, even within similar contexts.

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    Matthew T. Apple

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Apple, M.T. (2016). A Rasch Model Analysis of the “Four L2 Anxieties”. In: Zhang, Q. (eds) Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2015 Conference Proceedings. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1687-5_4

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