Relations among and Predictive Effects of Anxiety, Enjoyment and Self-Efficacy on Chinese Interpreting Majors’ Self-Rated Interpreting Competence

It is generally acknowledged that emotions play important roles in second/foreign language learning. Nevertheless, though interpreting highly stressful, not much research on has been conducted this area. Hence, investigated foreign anxiety and enjoyment class self-efficacy learning among Chinese university majors of interpreting. Analyses 67 mixed-form questionnaires revealed the following major findings: (a) More than half participants felt anxious class, (highly) enjoyed had (great) well; (b) Interpreting classroom anxiety, were significantly related to one another students’ self-rated competence; (c) negatively predicted Chinese–English competence, while social positively English–Chinese (d) A number factors reported for Based these findings, some implications discussed.