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Affect and strategy use in independent language learning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Affect is about emotions and feelings, moods and attitudes, anxiety, tolerance of ambiguity and motivation. For some it is also connected with dispositions and preferences (Oatley & Jenkins, 1996).
Hurd, Stella
core  

Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) Analysis of Students Speaking Anxiety in EFL Classroom

open access: yesConcept : Community Concern for English Pedagogy and Teaching, 2020
This research aims at identifying the factors of students’ speaking anxiety and explaining the students’ strategies in overcoming their anxiety of speaking English in the classroom. Universitas Muhammadiyah Cirebon is chosen as the site for this research. There were 28 students who participated in this research.
openaire   +1 more source

“I Had Dual Feelings”: (Re)Storying With a Rural South Korean English Teacher

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes (or re‐stories) intrapersonal ideological tensions of a rural South Korean English teacher, Yeonghyeon1, as she negotiates competing discourses across local, national, and global scales within the context of a semi‐structured interview.
Ian Schneider
wiley   +1 more source

English Language Speaking Anxiety: A Quantitative Study

open access: yesSindh Journal of Linguistics
The present study attempts to investigate the extent of English language speaking anxiety among the English as foreign/second language learners, studying at a public sector university in Sindh, Pakistan.
Nargis Mari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How does anxiety influence language performance? From the perspectives of foreign language classroom anxiety and cognitive test anxiety

open access: yesLanguage Testing in Asia, 2018
This study examined the relationships between students’ foreign language classroom anxiety and cognitive test anxiety and their College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) performance.
Ying Zheng, Liying Cheng
doaj   +1 more source

Sociodemographic, psychological and politicocultural correlates in Flemish students' attitudes towards French and English [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
An analysis of 100 Flemish high-school students' attitudes towards French and English (both foreign languages) revealed complex links etween personality factors, gender, politicocultural identity, communicative behaviour and foreign language attitudes ...
Dewaele, Jean-Marc
core   +1 more source

The Languaging of Research: Ecological Perspectives on Researcher Praxis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reports a qualitative study that explored researcher thinking and practice (i.e., praxis) regarding the language dimension of doing research (i.e., researching multilingually). The study drew on a large interdisciplinary research project which explicitly foregrounded language considerations and problematised the languaging of ...
Susan Dawson, Richard Fay, Jane Andrews
wiley   +1 more source

Negative Effects of Early English Education on Korean Children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
It may be fairly said that most countries around the world are joining the English-speaking world since English became one of the popular languages. In this situation when the importance of English is emphasized, people’s reaction to and recognition of ...
Hwang, Saebyuk
core   +1 more source

Neoliberal Governmentality and English Private Tutoring Among Rural Secondary School Students in Kazakhstan: A Quantitative Inquiry

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the nature, effectiveness, and implications of English private tutoring (EPT) among Grade 11 students in rural Kazakhstan. Drawing on survey responses from 160 students within a larger sample of 740, the study examines participation patterns, motivations, perceived benefits, and the financial and social costs ...
Anas Hajar, Mehmet Karakus
wiley   +1 more source

Language Classroom Anxiety: A Comparative Study of ESL Learners [PDF]

open access: yesAsian Journal of University Education, 2007
Malaysia decided use English as the medium of instruction at university level beginning 2002 and much debate has surfaced since then. English has also increased in importance in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since the nation joined the World ...
Voviana Zulkifli
doaj  

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