Results 161 to 170 of about 223 (205)

From “Striving to Survive” to “Striving to Thrive”: A Narrative Inquiry Into a Student's Motivational Development via Translanguaging in EAP and EMI Contexts

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While English‐medium instruction (EMI) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses are designed to promote language and content learning, their prevailing English‐only approaches often undermine students’ learning motivation. Against this backdrop, translanguaging has gained recognition as an effective pedagogical practice to support ...
Yihai Wen, Fan Fang
wiley   +1 more source

Entangled Discourses and Realities of English: Japanese Undergraduates’ Everyday Online and Offline Language Experiences

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Focusing on the narratives of two Japanese undergraduate students, this article examines their everyday experiences of using and learning English, situated within entangled relations of power. Drawing on the Foucauldian notion of discourse, the study reveals how multiple power/knowledge systems—such as native speakerism, prescriptivism ...
Aina Tanaka, Daisuke Kimura
wiley   +1 more source

Racialized and Sexualized Branding in Japan's Online Eikaiwa Industry: The Objectification of Female Eastern European Teachers

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how an online eikaiwa (English conversation) provider in Japan that employs only female Eastern European (particularly Ukrainian) teachers brands them through objectification. Analysis of textual and visual elements of the provider's website and related media, including videos, demonstrates that the teachers are ...
Misako Tajima
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of creativity and object-play on adult playfulness

openaire   +1 more source

Some of the next articles are maybe not open access.

Related searches:

Are Impostors playful? Testing the association of adult playfulness with the Impostor Phenomenon

Personality and Individual Differences, 2017
Abstract We extend the study of antecedents to the Impostor Phenomenon (IP) by examining associations with adult playfulness. Previous studies showed that playfulness is associated with positive psychological functioning (e.g., healthy coping strategies) and may serve as a protective factor to IP experiences.
René Proyer, Kay Bräuer
exaly   +2 more sources

Playfulness and Older Adults: Implications for Quality of Life

Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 2021
Changes in health, relationships, support systems, and social identity are inevitable throughout the life span. Therefore, research focused on mitigating the negative effects of changes due to aging while also improving quality of life (QoL) is warranted.
Yvette C. Saliba, Sejal M. Barden
openaire   +1 more source

THE ADULT PLAYFULNESS SCALE: AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT

Psychological Reports, 1992
We develop a theory-based measure of adults' playfulness, the Adult Playfulness Scale. Five studies, conducted in laboratory and field sites with over 300 individuals, examine the psychometric properties and correlates of playfulness. As expected, playfulness relates to a set of psychological traits, including cognitive spontaneity and creativity, as ...
Mary Ann Glynn, Jane Webster
openaire   +2 more sources

Playfulness in adults: an examination of play and playfulness and their implications for coaching

Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2016
ABSTRACTPlay and playfulness have been seminal to human culture for millennia. Twentieth-century scientific enquiry was largely concerned with their evolutionary benefits, though humanistic psychology, and later positive psychology came to view them as attached to greater human values and meaning creation.
Renee Lockwood, Sean O’Connor
openaire   +1 more source

Adult Playfulness, Humor Styles, and Subjective Happiness

Psychological Reports, 2016
Playfulness has been referred to as a disposition that involves reframing a situation to amuse others and to make the situation more stimulating and enjoyable. It may serve to shift one’s perspective when dealing with environmental threats. Despite all the benefits of playfulness towards psychological well-being, it remains a largely understudied ...
Xiao D, Yue, Chun-Lok, Leung, Neelam A, Hiranandani   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Toward a Better Understanding of Playfulness in Adults

OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 2005
Playfulness is normally associated with children and remains poorly documented in adulthood. Studies have confirmed that playfulness is present in adulthood but do not provide any information on its specific nature. An enhanced comprehension of playfulness in adulthood is needed to determine its possible use in occupational therapy intervention with an
Paulette Guitard, Francine Ferland, Élisabeth Dutil   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source