The relationship between listening anxiety among Iraqi EFL university students' and their performance in listening comprehension

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The present research is concerned with the relationship between listening anxiety among Iraqi EFL university Students' and their performance in listening comprehension.

Listening anxiety is considered an influential factor in foreign language learning and plays a crucial role in foreign language listening comprehension skill.

The present research aims at developing the EFL Listening comprehension skill which is necessary for the Iraqi EFL University Students and find out anxiety problems The sample of the present research consists of 131 male and female students from the first and third stages at English Department / College of Education for Humanities university of Tikrit during the academic year 2018/2019.

To achieve the aims of the research, two instruments have been constructed: a listening anxiety scale and a listening comprehension skill.

Result shows that Iraqi EFL students' have a high degree of listening anxiety and they low performance in listening comprehension.