ABSTRACT

Te reo Māori (the Māori language) continues to be learned by Māori and Pākehā from Aotearoa New Zealand. The concept of language anxiety has been the topic of study by numerous authors due to its ability to interfere with second language production from cognition to output. For a group of Pākehā (New Zealand European) learners of te reo Māori, language anxiety appears to be tied to the impact of colonisation on Māori and the colonial history of Aotearoa. This study included 13 Pākehā participants, seven who identified as female and the remaining six who identified as male. The results of this study were divided into three major themes: fear of making linguistic errors in the presence of others, being Pākehā in Māori language dominant classrooms, and coping with language anxiety. Within this study, issues associated with learning an indigenous language as members of the colonial settler group contribute to language anxiety.

摘要

Te reo Māori（毛利语）继续由新西兰 Aotearoa 的毛利人和 Pākehā 学习。语言焦虑的概念一直是许多作者研究的主题，因为它能够干扰从认知到输出的第二语言产生。对于一群学习 te reo Māori 的 Pākehā（新西兰欧洲人）来说，语言焦虑似乎与殖民化对毛利人的影响以及 Aotearoa 的殖民历史有关。这项研究包括 13 名 Pākehā 参与者，其中 7 名确定为女性，其余 6 名确定为男性。这项研究的结果分为三个主要主题：害怕在他人面前犯语言错误、在毛利语占主导地位的课堂中成为 Pākehā 以及应对语言焦虑。在这项研究中，