The effect of Baroque background music on reading comprehension test anxiety

چکیده مقاله

The present study sought to investigate the effect of Baroque background music on EFL learners’ reduction of reading comprehension test anxiety. The relationship between gender and test anxiety was examined as well. Sixty Iranian EFL learners were chosen for this study. A Placement test was used to determine the English proficiency level of the participants and the test showed that all of the participants were at the same level of proficiency. Participants were randomly assigned to two groups (one experimental and one control) and there were thirty participants (15 males and 15 females) in each group. A reading comprehension course was held for each group; one for the experimental group while playing background music and the other for the control group without playing any music. Then, a reading comprehension test (test1) was administered to all of the participants while hearing Baroque music in background and another test (test 2) was administered without music. The revised 20-item version of the Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI) proposed by Spielberger (1980) was used for measuring the test anxiety level of the participants. T-test and ANCOVA were applied for statistical analysis of the data. Results obtained from this study revealed that Baroque background music had a significant effect on reducing reading test anxiety. Results also showed that gender had no significant effect on reading test anxiety experienced by the participants.

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