FLCAS (Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale)
Scale: SD = Strongly Disagree D = Disagree N = Neither Agree or Disagree A = Agree SA =
Strongly Agree
Instruction: Statements (1) through (31) describe how you feel about learning English. Please
indicate whether you (SD) Strongly Disagree, (D) Disagree, (N) Neither Agree nor Disagree,
(A) Agree, or (SA) Strongly Agree. Please read each statement carefully, give your first reaction
to each statement, and mark an answer for every statement.
1. I feel anxious when I don’t understand a word in a story.
2. I worry about making mistakes while learning new words.
3. my heart races when I think about learning many new words.
4. I feel anxious when I don’t remember the meaning of a word.
5. I feel afraid when I can’t pronounce a word correctly.
6. I feel uncomfortable when I’m asked to explain a word in front of the class.
7. while telling a story, I worry about not understanding the vocabulary.
8. I feel comfortable when I practice new words with my classmates.
9. I’m afraid others will think I’m not good at vocabulary related tasks.
10. I feel nervous when I know I’ll be tested on vocabulary from a story.
11. I feel more at ease when I listen to a story without worrying about the vocabulary.
12. I feel embarrassed when I don’t know a word during a class discussion.
13. I worry that I won’t learn as many words as my classmates.
14. I feel pressured to memorize every new word in a story.
15. I feel mor confident when I can guess the meaning of the word from the context of the story.