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This paper aims at studying the association between university students' English learning anxiety and their academic performance. The study selected 380 students from universities of the capital of Pakistan, using purposive sampling technique. It utilized the following two instruments to collect the relevant information: Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale poll (FLCAS) in order to decide the students' level of uneasiness on a Likert scale which had five-point; and the academic performance which was managed at the completion of the final exams (CGPA). The quantifiable assessments showed a significant association between the students' academic performance and their Anxiety in their English Classes, the anxiety scale test, and the scale of communication anxiety and the fear of negative assessment. The study concludes that with the increase in the students' anxiety level their academic performance decreases. The research recommends that educational counselor need to intervene regularly to help students in reducing English learning anxiety and thus enhancing their academic performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This hardware tool is designed for assistance and training for visually impaired people to identify the surrounding colored objects. Several researches are conducted all over the world to design advanced, reliable tool and techniques to support sightless individuals. This paper describes designing of a handheld device to assist visually impaired people for color identification via generated speech. Vision is one of the five senses which is essential for a human being to survive independently. All individuals acquire the external information through the visual coding entering into the eye. The light rays penetrate and stimulate vision receptors to execute the processing of image formation. In response, the brain is able to identify the object. Unfortunately, any accidents or visual disorders with age can restrict the ability to sight the external environment. A visually impaired person can identify the texture, shape and size of an object by touching. But the sense of touch does not permit color identification. This proposed wearable tool, aid mainly focuses on individuals who are unable to observe colors due to visual disorder. A hardware device is presented which generates the speech for color detection. In this proposed work RGB sensor is used to capture the color information of the entity. An Arduino UNO card is programmed using Arduino software 1.6.3 to enhance the signal. It generates a clear audible speech for the specific color of the object. The benefit of this device is low power battery operated, portable, safe and easy to handle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]