Seyedeh Nargol Mokhtari - Department of Foreign Languages, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Azizeh Chalak - Assistant Professor of foreign languages, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Anxiety and its crucial role in language learning and its subsequent effects on learners’ performance have been taken into consideration as an influential factor in foreign language learning process. This paper sought to explore the probable relationship between foreign language listening anxiety and listening comprehension ability and the way they influence each other. To investigate these issues, 03 Iranian EFL students from an institute in Isfahan were selected as the study participants. After applying an IELTS test as listening comprehension test and foreign language listening anxiety scale, gathered data were analyzed through the proper statistical procedure (Pearson product moment) and a considerable negative correlation between two variables was derived. Based on the findings, some pedagogical applications in order to improve the process of learning, implicitly listening performance, were suggested.

anxiety, foreign language listening anxiety, listening comprehension