CRITICAL REVIEW ON RESEARCH REPORT

PRESENTED BY: RESHA SALAVIA

Research Interest: THE CORRELATION BETWEEN READING ANXIETY AND READING ACHIEVEMENT TOWARDS EFL LEARNERS

THEME REFERENCE CONTEXT PURPOSE METHODOLOGY CONCLUSION LIMITATION

1- Reading Heri Mudra et al, vol 25, The author examines To investigate The study uses a The results show that Overall, the study
Anxiety of EFL No 2, 2022, A Journal on the level of reading level of reading quantitative approach, the level of reading sheds light on an
Learners in Language and Language anxiety experienced anxiety and gathering data from a anxiety among the important issue and
Indonesian Rural Learning, Yogyakarta. by EFL (English as a determine questionnaire participants is quite provides insight
Schools: Foreign Language) whether there is completed by 77 high, with factors into the challenges
Quantitative Study learners in rural statistical students in several such as lack of faced by EFL
schools in Indonesia. difference in schools. interest, learners in
reading anxiety unfamiliarity with Indonesia's rural
between rural English, and poor schools. In addition,
EFL learners reading skills being because the
across gender major contributors. researcher also
and level of The study concludes investigates the
study with gender, it should be
recommendations for in the same amount
teachers and of students.
policymakers to
address the issue of
 reading anxiety and
improve EFL
learning outcomes
2- The Effect of Manoochech Jafarighohar, The article explores This article This study was The results indicated Because this
Anxiety on 2012, vol.5, No. 2, how anxiety affects discusses the Descriptive there is a significant research also
Reading International Education the reading causes of Quantitative using negative relationship investigates the
Comprehension Studies, Iran comprehension skills anxiety in questionnaire. The between foreign gender, the writer
among Distance of distance English language participants of this language reading should make the
EFL Learners as a Foreign learning. Is research are 112 male anxiety with reading sample of the study
Language (EFL) there any and female English comprehension and in balance. The
learners. relationship students of Payame there is no writer did not
between Noor University of relationship between divide the sample
reading anxiety Iran. foreign language well. The sample of
and age and reading anxiety and males is not as
gender age, also females much as the female.
suffered more from
the anxiety than
males.
3- Learner's self Dr. Behzad Ghonsooly et Explores the To investigate This study is The results revealed The abstract of this
efficacy and it's al., 2010, No. 217, Journal relationship between the relationship quantitative research. that learners with article is did not
relation to foreign of English Teaching and learners' self- between EFL The study uses a higher self-efficacy mentioned the
language reading Learning. efficacy, foreign learner self sample of 220 Iranian scores had lower amount of the
anxiety and language reading efficacy in EFL learners who levels of foreign participants. The
reading anxiety, and reading reading completed a self- language reading review of theory
achievement achievement in a comprehension efficacy anxiety and also not mentioned
foreign language and their questionnaire, a performed better on in this study. It is
context reading anxiety foreign language the reading only mentioned the
also their reading anxiety comprehension test. theory that he wants
reading questionnaire, and a On the other hand, to investigate.
achievement reading learners with lower
comprehension test. self-efficacy scores
had higher levels of
foreign language
reading anxiety and
lower reading
achievement.
4- An Elaboration Bijan Mohammadpor et al, This article The purpose of This study is There is a negative The number of
on The Effect of 2015, vol. 8, No. 7, English discussed the this study is to Quantitative research relationship between participants should
Reading Anxiety language teaching, Iran relationship between investigate the with the the students’ reading be larger. It is
on Reading reading anxiety and effects of instrumentations are level and reading needed for this
Achievement. reading achievement foreign reading test and anxiety. The authors study. The research
among high school language reading anxiety concluded that question not written
students in Iran. anxiety on questionnaire. The reading anxiety is a in the introduction
Iranian EEL populations of this critical factor that and the review of
 learners’ research are 100 affects students' literature also still
reading students from Islamic reading achievement. general.
comprehension University of
test-taking Neyshabur.
processing
5. Foreign Azhari Muhlis, 2017, This article contains This study has This study employed The result shows that This study is only
Language Reading Vol.1, No. 1, English an investigation of two objectives. a survey research over half of the take 32 students as
Anxiety Among Franca, Universitas Sebelas foreign language The first is to design. The data was students experience the sample of the
Indonesian EFL Marert, Surakarta. reading anxiety know the level collected by two reading anxiety in study, however it
Senior High among Indonesian of reading types of which 71,9% of the could be better if
School Students EFL Senior High anxiety questionnaires. Thirty students fell in the the researcher add
School students. perceived by two students of grade medium level and more participants in
Indonesian eleven in a senior 9,4% of the students this research.
Senior High high school in fell in high level.
School Students Bandung were anxiety in reading
in English involved as the was provoked by
reading participants. two broad aspects
classroom. The namely text features
second is to and personal factors.
identify the Under the concept of
potential factors text feature,
that make them unknown vocabulary
 feel anxious was considered as
when they read the most frequent
English text. factor that contribute
to reading anxiety.
Meanwhile, under
the concept of
personal factor, fear
of making errors was
ranked as the most
frequent factor and
then followed by
worry about reading
effect as the least
factor.

6- Critical Aghajani M et al, 2019, This article The aims of this This study is The results indicates In this article, the
Thinking Skills, Vol. 12, No. 3, discussed the study is to descriptive that a negative method is not
Critical Reading International Journal of Critical Thinking investigate the quantitative study relationship between written or
and Foreign Instruction, Iran. Skills, Critical predictive using test and critical thinking mentioned. The
Language Reading Reading and Foreign power of questionnaire as the skills and foreign research question
Anxiety in Iran Language Reading critical thinking instruments. The language reading also not written in
Context Anxiety through skills on critical participants in this anxiety exists as this study so the
Iranian students. reading and study were 177 measured by FLRAS reader have to find
foreign intermediate adults questionnaire. the research
language male Iranian EFL question by
reading learners from Khatam themselves.
anxiety of Al-Anbia university.
Iranian
intermediate
EFL learners.