The link between Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety, Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity and Self-rated English proficiency among Chinese learners [PDF]
Previous research has suggested that high levels of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) have a negative effect on foreign language learning (Horwitz, 2001; Lu & Liu, 2011) while moderate levels of Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity (SLTA) are
Shan Ip, T. +4 more
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Revisiting problems with foreign language aptitude. [PDF]
This study investigated three of the issues recently raised in connection with the traditional concept of foreign language aptitude: the relationship between foreign language aptitude and working memory and phonological short-term memory capacity, the ...
Sáfár, Anna, Kormos, Judit
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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 +8 more
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The effect of multilingualism, sociobiographical and situational factors on communicative anxiety and foreign language anxiety of mature language learners [PDF]
The present study focuses on individual differences in levels of communicative anxiety (CA) and foreign language anxiety (FLA) in the first (L1), second (L2), third (L3) and fourth (L4) language of 106 adult language learners.
Dewaele, Jean-Marc
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In foreign and second language teaching, a close relation between language and cultural learning is undisputedly recognised (Altmayer 2010). Intercultural competences, in terms of the ability to relate to a foreign culture, to overcome stereotypes by ...
Opacic, Aleksandra +2 more
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The use of innovative technologies and Internet resources in foreign language classes makes it possible to speed up and facilitate the learning process and becomes an integral part of the successful development of foreign language communicative ...
Natalia Valerievna Ryapolova
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ALGORITHM OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SYSTEM OF FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY OF FUTURE HR-ENGINEERING SPECIALISTS [PDF]
The article deals with the concept of foreign language professional competence and its development in the system of professional activity of a future specialist.
Oleksandrenko Kateryna +2 more
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Pedagogical conditions for the formation of senior preschool children’s foreign language competence
The aim of the research is to identify, theoretically substantiate and empirically study the pedagogical conditions for the formation of senior preschoolers’ foreign language competence.
Rania Gennadievna Izmailova +2 more
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“Appropriateness” in foreign language acquisition and use: some theoretical, methodological and ethical considerations [PDF]
In this contribution, I focus on the concept of “appropriateness” in the usage, the learning and the teaching of foreign languages. Using a participant-based emic perspective, I investigate multilinguals’ perceptions of appropriateness in their foreign ...
Dewaele, Jean-Marc
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Professional and communicative foreign language competence of future teachers
Studying of foreign-language competence at the present stage of higher pedagogical education development acquires the increasing relevance. In this paper the requirements of federal educational standards of pedagogical education and teacher’ professional
Panfilova Valentina +3 more
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