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LI Chun-mei
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2019.01.008
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies South China Business College, Guangzhou, China
The study is to explore the test anxiety of three university English teachers in their collaborative learning community when they do their visiting scholar program. The research questions are about the representations of test anxiety of the college English teacher collaborative learning community as visiting scholars, and the interaction between anxiety and their collaborative learning. The main data collection includes deep interview, field observation, online chatting, etc. The research finds that at the three stages of their learning, the participant shows various representations of test anxiety from cognitive, affective and behavioral perspectives, and collaborative learning community facilitates the participant have better execution in learning, more pressure released and much cognitive enhancement achieved. In contrast, lack of collaborative learning environment in her working university and the specific anxiety for marriage in female participant are two additional findings in the study, which may prove the positive effect of collaborative learning on anxiety from another point of view.
anxiety, collaborative learning, university teachers as visiting scholar
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