The Relationship between Test anxiety and Listening comprehension among EFL Students of Kerman University

The present study attempted to investigate the relationship between Test Anxiety (TA) and Listening Comprehension (LC) among EFL learners of Shahid Bahonar and Islamic Azad universities of Kerman. Gender was taken into account, regarding males and females use of TAS. 97 Iranian EFL students studying at Shahid Bahonar and Islamic Azad universities of Kerman took part in this study. The students were junior and senior students majoring in English Translation and English Literature. To achieve the required data the following scales were capitalized on: Sarason's (1975) test anxiety scale (TAS) and a 50-item listening test taken from Longman Complete Course for the TOEFL Test. The findings revealed that there was a significant negative relationship between TA and LC. Furthermore, it was revealed that female subjects were more test anxious than their counterparts. In sum, TA yielded a negative relationship with LC with the female subjects being more test anxious.