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Modeling the Paths from L2 Use and Socio‐Affective Variables to Communication Skills: A Mixed‐Methods Approach

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Previous research demonstrated that communication anxiety reduces L2 learners' willingness to communicate and communication frequency, but left unexplored its impact on performance. The current mixed‐methods study investigated factors impacting L2 communication skills.
Debra M. Hardison
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Anxiety and Second/Foreign Language Learning Revisited

Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education, 2008
This article critically reviews the literature that examines the anxiety phenomenon in the field of second/foreign language learning. A major theme that runs through this review is how anxiety comes into play in second/foreign language learning, and ...
Ying Zheng
doaj  

Beyond the classroom - exploring the impact of virtual reality exposure on foreign language anxiety with the mediating role of ESL Chinese learners’ communicative confidence and fluency

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
This study examines the relationships between virtual reality (VR) exposure, communicative confidence, perceived fluency, and foreign language anxiety among Chinese university students enrolled in English as a Foreign Language courses.
Longmei Gu
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Social media and psychology of language learning: The role of telegram-based instruction on academic buoyancy, academic emotion regulation, foreign language anxiety, and English achievement. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Zheng X, Ismail SM, Heydarnejad T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Communicative Drills: The Impact of Communicative Intent on Oral Proficiency

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This exploratory study investigated the role of communicative intent in second language (L2) oral practice by comparing communicative and meaningful drills. English language learners played a game designed to elicit repeated use of the second conditional.
Jonathan Serfaty
wiley   +1 more source

Foreign language anxiety : the case of young learners of English in Swedish primary classrooms

, 2019
Although foreign language anxiety is a widely studied construct assumed to develop from negative experiences of language instruction, few researchers have focused on young learners in this regard. This multiple case study investigates levels and triggers
Nilsson, Maria, Nilsson, Maria,
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Foreign Language Anxiety in Education

Journal of English Language Teaching and Literature
Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA) poses a pervasive challenge for language learners venturing into the acquisition of a new language. Manifesting as heightened fear and anxiety, it significantly impacts the learning process.
Neda Kianinezhad
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Relationship between EFL Learners’ Perceived Social Self-Efficacy and their Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety [PDF]

Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2013
The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between the perceived social self-efficacy of the students of English and their foreign language classroom anxiety.
Hadi Farjami, Mohammad Amirian
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“Your English Sounds Almost British”: Everyday Linguicism and Racialized Subjectivity of an International Student in Hong Kong

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how everyday linguicism and racism shape the academic and social experiences of international students in Hong Kong, focusing on the racialized subjectivity of a South Asian graduate student. Although research on international students has mainly focused on Western higher education, little attention has been paid to the ...
Pramod K. Sah
wiley   +1 more source

Future Foreign Language Teachers’ Intercultural Competence [PDF]

, 2013
There is a lack of research regarding the implications for foreign language study and intercultural competence. Scholars suggest that foreign language proficiency plays a role in cultivating intercultural competence, but agree that there is a lack of ...
Baalerud, Andrew
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