Research Article
Influence of Language Anxiety and Prior Knowledge on ESL Students’ Achievement in Expository Essay in Ibadan North LGA, Nigeria
Table 1
Relative relationship of independent variables with students’ achievement in expository essay.
| | Variables | Students’ achievement in expository essay | Language anxiety | Prior language |
| | Students’ achievement in expository essay | 1 | | | | Language anxiety | −0.029 (0.593) | 1 | | | Prior knowledge | −0.052 (0.330) | 0.312 (0.000) | 1 | | N | 350 | 350 | 350 | | Mean | 17.04 | 25.18 | 20.60 | | Standard deviation | 6.77 | 6.65 | 3.01 |
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