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Beliefs and experiences in the English classroom: Perspectives of Swedish primary school learners

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
This study investigates how Swedish learners make sense of and perceive English instruction and the process of foreign language learning in a target language-only primary school classroom.
Maria Nilsson
doaj  

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

Gender differences in foreign language classroom anxiety

, 2022
Exploring language learners’ anxiety is not a neglected area of inquiry in applied lin-guistics research, which can primarily be attributed to the publication of theForeignLanguage Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS), an influential instrument developed byHorwitz et al. (1986) to measure language anxiety.
Piniel, Katalin, Zólyomi, Anna
openaire   +2 more sources

“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

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-EFFICACY AND LECTURER’S ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOR WITH FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY

Enlighten, 2018
This quantitative research aimed to determine the relationship between self-efficacy and lecturer’s assertive behavior with foreign language anxiety experienced by university student.
Dedy Surya, Asih Menanti, Nina Siti Salmaniah Siregar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementing Argument‐Based Validity in Second Language Research on Individual Differences

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Quantitative meta‐syntheses focusing on the psychometric properties of measurement tools in second and foreign language (L2) individual differences (ID) research have drawn scholars' attention to the quality of data collection instruments (Plonsky & Derrick, 2016; Sudina, 2023).
Katalin Piniel, Ekaterina Sudina
wiley   +1 more source

Anxiety in Spanish EFL students in different university degree programmes

Anales de Psicologia, 2013
Researchers have studied the effects of anxiety on foreign language learning since the 1970's, and despite significant advances in approaches to language teaching, the literature continues to report the existence of language apprehension in the classroom
Patricia Arnaiz-Castro, Félix Guillén
doaj   +1 more source

Immediate and Sustained Effects of Song-Based Language Learning on English as a Foreign Language Learners' Academic Development, Cognitive Engagement, and Motivation. [PDF]

Brain Behav
ABSTRACT Background This study examined the immediate and sustained effects of song‐based language learning on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ academic development, cognitive engagement, and motivation for learning. The study is primarily grounded in self‐determination theory and sociocultural theory and is additionally informed by the ...
Wang Y, Jabrealy M, Izadpanah S.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Autism‐friendly modern foreign language teaching in a university setting: Towards a toolkit for teaching second languages to autistic students

British Journal of Special Education, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper summarises the findings of a research project at a British university exploring autistic students studying modern foreign languages (MFL). The project investigates the experiences, motivations, learning strategies and preferences of autistic MFL learners in a Higher Education context to better understand how MFL classroom pedagogy ...
Caroline de Saint‐Seine, Ekaterina Chown, James Youdale   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychological and sociodemographic correlates of communicative anxiety in L2 and L3 production

, 2002
This paper analyses foreign language anxiety in the French L2 and English L3 speech production of 100 Flemish students. The findings suggest that foreign language anxiety is not a stable personality trait among experienced language learners. The societal
Dewaele, Jean-Marc
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