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Table 1 Participants’ general information

From: Comparison of foreign language anxiety based on four language skills in Chinese college students

 

N

  

Frequency

Percentage

Range

Min

Max

Mean

Std. deviation

ESA

254

Gender

Male

74

29.1

     

Female

180

70.9

     

Age

   

7

16

23

18.29

.771

Type of hometown

City

158

58.3

     
 

Town

54

21.2

     
 

Countryside

52

20.5

     

Years of studying English

   

9

3

12

9.74

2.258

ELA

249

Gender

Male

69

27.7

     
 

Female

180

72.3

     

Age

   

7

16

23

18.25

.789

Type of hometown

City

145

58.2

     
 

Town

52

20.9

     
 

Countryside

52

20.9

     

Years of studying English

   

9

3

12

9.80

2.242

ERA

252

Gender

Male

67

26.6

     
 

Female

185

73.4

     

Age

   

7

16

23

18.26

.779

Type of hometown

City

150

59.5

     
 

Town

50

19.8

     
 

Countryside

52

20.7

     

Years of studying English

   

10

3

12

9.79

2.203

EWA

268

Gender

Male

75

28

     

Female

193

72

     

Age

   

7

16

23

18.29

.802

Type of hometown

City

159

59.3

     
 

Town

53

19.8

     
 

Countryside

56

20.9

     

Years of studying English

   

9

3

12

9.71

2.280

  1. Note: ESA English Speaking Anxiety, ELA English Listening Anxiety, ERA English Reading Anxiety, EWA English Writing Anxiety