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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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Modeling skill-based foreign language learning anxieties as a single construct and testing its predictive aspect on foreign language classroom anxiety

Educación XX1, 2022
The aim of the current study was two-fold: i) to investigate whether four skill-based foreign language anxiety scales used in the literature can be confirmed as a single construct, and ii) to explore to what extent this potential single construct can ...
Gökhan Öztürk, Murat Doğan Şahin, Elçin Ölmezer Öztürk, Belgin Elmas   +3 more
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Learner Autonomy and English Language Course Achievement Mediated by Foreign Language Learning Anxiety

Sakarya University Journal of Education, 2020
The aim of this study is to determine learner autonomy perceptions and English language course achievement mediated by foreign language learning anxiety. In the study, carried with 472 undergraduate students, utilizing the relational survey model, it was
Özlem Karakış
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A Structural Equation Modelling of Middle School Students’ Metacognitive Awareness, Self-efficacy Beliefs and Foreign Language Learning Anxiety

International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2022
This study aims to investigate the impact of metacognitive awareness and self-efficacy beliefs of middle school students on their level of foreign language learning anxiety by using structural equation modelling. A total of 285 7th and 8th grade students
Nihal YELGEÇ, Miray DAĞYAR
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The Foreign Language Teaching Anxiety Scale: Preliminary Tests of Validity and Reliability

Journal of Language and Education, 2020
Although anxiety in the foreign language learning context has been studied extensively, the anxiety experienced by foreign language teachers, who are important stakeholders of classroom contexts and language learners themselves, seems to be overlooked ...
Selami Aydin, Ozgehan Ustuk
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Palestinian undergraduate learners’ foreign language classroom anxiety in online environments

Studies in English Language and Education, 2023
Despite foreign language classroom anxiety having been studied since the 1980s, there has been little research into this phenomenon in the context of online and blended learning environments.
Husam Ahmad Qaddumi, Matt Smith, Yousef Alawneh, Nader Shawamreh, Aida Bakeer, Mahmoud Itemizeh   +5 more
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Measuring foreign language anxiety among learners of different foreign languages: in relation to motivation and perception of teacher’s behaviors

Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2018
This study investigates foreign language anxiety among Indonesian undergraduate students of English, French, Japanese, Korean and Arabic language programs, and examines its relationship with students’ motivation and their perception of teachers ...
Fatmawati Djafri, Supra Wimbarti
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How Linguistically Anxious Are Chinese EFL Students ? A case study of some migrant students in Xijiao School, Ningbo, China [PDF]

Research in English Language Pedagogy, 2020
Studies of foreign language anxiety normally focus on either students at college or high schools, but this investigation concentrated on two junior schools: one consisting of migrant students; the other of urban students.
Zhang Jianmin, Ma Chen
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The effect of intervention studies on foreign language speaking anxiety: A meta-analysis study [PDF]

Journal of Pedagogical Research
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of intervention studies addressing foreign language speaking anxiety through a meta-analytical approach.
Selvanur Kayhan
doaj   +1 more source

Anxiety and Foreign Language Learning: Analysis of students’ anxiety towards Foreign language learning

International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences, 2021
Education is seen as a significant tool for assisting pupils in changing their behavior in accordance with their requirements and societal expectations. Anxiety and attitude among students are seen as necessary components of learning, and as a result, they play a significant role in second language acquisition.
Bayad Jamal Ali, Govand Anwar
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