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    Investigating students and teachers attitudes towards the effects of anxiety on EFL students test performance
    (University of Oum El Bouaghi, 2023) Khellil, Chaima; Allag, Oumaima; Benzitouni, Amina Ouafa
    This dissertation investigates the the attitudes of students and teachers towards the effects of anxiety on first year EFL students at Larbi Ben M’hidi University test performance; it aims at discovering the causes of anxiety and seeks to highlight the most effective academic strategies used to prevent and react against this psychological issue. Two assumptions underlay this study. First, Larbi Ben M'hidi 's students' anxiety during the exam is caused by the lack of students self-confidence. Second most effective academic strategies used to deal with students who suffer from anxiety during the exams is to provide them with psychological support to increase their self-confidence. This study was conducted on 89 participants from the aforementioned population; they were given an online questionnaire that targets a variety of factors to test the study assumptions. Besides, ten teachers from the same department were given a printed questionnaire; their productions were analyzed qualitatively and qualitatively as part of a descriptive design. Various results were obtained following the statistical analysis of the findings. The main results indicate that the most dominant causes of students' anxiety during the exam are the testing environment ( time, place,….), and lack of revision before exams. Furthermore, the best strategies that can help in reducing students’ test anxiety, from the teachers perspectives, is to plan private talk after classes and create a friendly atmosphere during classes.