A STUDY ON EXAMINATION STRESS AND ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PUDUKKOTTAI DISTRICT

The study investigated into examination stress and achievement in English among higher secondary school students. Descriptive survey design was employed to find out the stress and achievement among students. The sample of 250 higher secondary school students was used. The instrument used for this present study was the stress scale and achievement of quarterly exam marks may be considered. Mean, standard deviation and‘t' test were used to answer the research questions while the hypotheses were analyzed to test the significance. Further the findings shows that there is no significant difference between gender, locality and type of family among higher secondary school students in their examination stress and achievement in English.It was recommended that English teachers should help the students to aware about the English subject. And make the students to get involvement in study to approach English exam without stress. It is sure if the recommended method will follow it will be helpful to achieve in an exam in foreign language especially English.