Author(s): Jia Ningning

Abstract: For nearly 40 years, research on foreign language anxiety (FLA) has received consistent attention from the academic community. However, the results of studies on the relationship between FLA and L2 academic achievement have been inconsistent, and previous meta-analysis results have also been divergent. Therefore, this study uses a meta-analysis method to integrate 79 independent effect sizes from 39 relevant studies, involving a total of 15,447 L2 learners. The aim is to discuss the relationship between FLA and L2 academic achievement, and to examine the overall effect size and the moderating effects of relevant influencing factors. The study finds that ..................

Keywords: Foreign language anxiety, L2 academic achievement, meta-analysis

Article Info: Received: 15 Nov 2025; Received in revised form: 11 Dec 2025; Accepted: 15 Dec 2025; Available online: 18 Dec 2025

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.106.59