The relationship between listening anxiety and Listening Strategies

The present study was conducted to explore the relashionship between listening anxiety, listening strategies, and listening proficiency among Iranian EFL university students. The result of the study revealed that language learners use Meta cognitive listening strategies followed by affective strategies, memory strategies, compensation strategies, and cognitive strategies. Moreover, it was found out that all listening strategies are negatively corrolated with listening anxiety, which means that as the anxiety level of participants increases, they use listening strategies less and vice versa. it was also found out that comprehension and meta cognitive category of listening strategies positively corrolated with listening proficiency, while cognitive category negatively corrolated with listening proficiency, suggesting that the more proficient participants use more comprehension and meta cognative strategies, but less cognitive strategies.finally, it was found out that listening is an anxiety inducing skill and listening proficiency plays a key role in determining the level of anxiety. in other words, as the listening proficiency increases, the listening anxiety decreases and vice versa