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The document provides definitions for three terms: apprehension, proficiency, and xenoglossophobia. Apprehension refers to the fear of future trouble, proficiency indicates a level of expertise in a skill or subject, and xenoglossophobia is the anxiety associated with learning or using foreign languages. References are provided for further reading on each term.

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The document provides definitions for three terms: apprehension, proficiency, and xenoglossophobia. Apprehension refers to the fear of future trouble, proficiency indicates a level of expertise in a skill or subject, and xenoglossophobia is the anxiety associated with learning or using foreign languages. References are provided for further reading on each term.

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Apprehension - anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.

Proficiency - refers to the level of advancement in a particular profession, skillset, or knowledge. In


academics, this proficiency is usually defined for students and teachers to judge their level of expertise
in a particular subject or class

Xenoglosphobia - also termed as foreign language anxiety is the feeling of uneasiness, worry,
nervousness, and apprehension in learning, using, or speaking foreign languages. Foreign language
anxiety is attributed to a number of causes.

References

-https://www.dictionary.com/browse/apprehension

-https://www.teachmint.com/glossary/p/proficiency/

-https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/language-anxiety-how-xenolossophobia-may-holding-you-
gemma#:~:text=Xenoglossophobia%20also%20termed%20as%20foreign,to%20a%20number%20of
%20causes.

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