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Language Mindset and Discipline Mindset Both Matter: Exploring the Effect of Growth Mindset on Motivation and Willingness to Communicate in EMI Higher Education

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In English medium instruction (EMI), students face cognitive and emotional demands in second language (L2) communication, which may hamper their motivation and willingness to communicate (WTC). Adopting a mixed‐methods design, this study explores how growth mindsets affected student motivation (e.g., ideal L2 self and ideal disciplinary self ...
Pengzhan Yang, Yuqing Wang, Wenqian Huang   +2 more
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Validity and Reliability Testing of the Adapted Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) [PDF]

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2021
Agatheswari Paneerselvam, Hamidah Yamat
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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
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The longitudinal relationship between foreign language learning anxiety and willingness to communicate in vocational English classrooms among Chinese students: the mediating roles of instrumental motivation and learning engagement

Frontiers in Psychology
The willingness to communicate (WTC) in vocational English classrooms involves the combined roles of achievement emotions, future-oriented motivational beliefs, and classroom engagement.
Qianqian Wang, Guochun Shi, Yanting Huang, Yanting Huang, Yanting Huang   +4 more
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The Correlation between Translation Equivalence, as a Vocabulary Learning Strategy, and Tunisian EFL Learners’ Speaking Anxiety

Languages, 2019
The use of the native language in the foreign language learning process has evoked controversy since the last century. The present research will argue for the use of translation by foreign language learners by investigating the correlation between ...
Kamel Boustani
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Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale for Cypriot Senior High School EFL Students: The Rasch Measurement Approach

Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 2013
The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) for Cypriot senior high school EFL students, through Rasch measurement. In doing so, the researchers clarified two discrepancies found in the literature: first the factor structure of the scale and second whether test anxiety is ...
Panayiotis Panayides, Miranda Jane Walker   +1 more
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Acceptance and Engagement in Artificial Intelligence–Supported Reading Among Primary School Learners of English as a Foreign Language

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used to support language learning, yet little is known about how younger learners accept and engage with AI‐assisted reading. This study investigates primary school students’ acceptance of and engagement with an AI‐supported adaptive reading application for English as a Foreign Language (EFL ...
Mi Tang, Kunjie Jia, Huimin He, Chenghao Wang, Bin Zou, Yiran Du   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Big Five Personality Traits as a moderator of the Relationship between Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety and Creative Personality

Психологическая наука и образование
Foreign language anxiety has received significant attention since many learners experience psychological barriers when learning a language.
A.K. Erzhanova
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Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) Working Title: What Causes Foreign Language Anxiety?

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2022
Saidah Ismail, Haslinda Md Isa, Nik Nur Nadhirah Zakaria, Noor Hanim Rahmat, Norhayati Idris, Nor Azhar Mohd Taib   +5 more
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Changed Minds and L2 Motivation: Reflections of Japanese EFL Students Living, Laboring and Learning in Vietnam

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT English as a lingua franca (ELF) is increasingly used for communication in many EFL contexts, including Vietnam. Although Japan and Vietnam have a long history of economic cooperation, for practical reasons, English typically functions as the medium of communication between the two groups. This study examines Japanese expats who had studied or
Mark R. Freiermuth, Satomi Kanaya
wiley   +1 more source