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Enhancing General and Academic L2 Writing Complexity Through Dialogue Journal Writing: The Role of Learners' Motivational Beliefs

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Writing is crucial in tertiary education, yet enhancing the complexity of academic writing presents significant challenges for second language (L2) learners. This study explores the potential of dialogue journal writing (DJW), an interactive and low‐stress classroom activity, to enhance writing complexity among novice L2 writers.
Barry Lee Reynolds, Xiaoke Bai, Brian V. Rusk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Music listening in foreign language learning: perceptions, attitudes, and its impact on language anxiety

Frontiers in Education
The present study explored university students' perceptions and attitudes toward music listening in foreign language learning, examining its perceived supportive role in their learning process. In this study, “music listening in foreign language learning”
Hyun-Ju Kim, Hyun Ju Chong, Mihye Lee
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Building a Collaborative Teaching Study Group as a Dynamic Nexus of Research and Practice in TBLT: Porous Systems, Agentic Beings, and Energy Flows

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite its potential benefits, empirical research on researcher–practitioner collaboration within collaborative teaching study groups (CTSGs) remains limited, particularly regarding how this collaboration is manifested and constructed. This study aims to fill this gap by documenting a 9‐year collaborative initiative that facilitated the ...
Yan Zhu, Bo Peng, Dingfang Shu
wiley   +1 more source

An Investigation of Foreign Language Anxiety among Sudanese EFL Students

Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching, 2020
Foreign language anxiety has a debilitative and detrimental effect on the different stages of the language learning processes. The present study investigates the relationship between foreign language anxiety and students’ achievement in English, and ...
Adil Ishag, Gamar Albooni
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The link between Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety, Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity and Self-rated English proficiency among Chinese learners

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
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 ...
Jean-Marc Dewaele, Tsui Shan Ip
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of trait emotional intelligence and sociobiographical variables on communicative anxiety and foreign language anxiety among adult multilinguals: A review and empirical investigation [PDF]

, 2008
This study considered the effects of trait emotional intelligence (trait EI; Petrides & Furnham, 2001) and sociobiographical variables (age, gender, education level, number of languages known, age of onset of acquisition, context of acquisition ...
Dewaele, Jean-Marc, Furnham, A., Petrides, K.V.   +2 more
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Teaching Enjoyment and Vitality as Mediators of Cognitive Flexibility and Reflective Teaching in EFL Teachers: A Mixed‐Methods Serial Mediation Analysis

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Reflective teaching (RT) is influenced by a range of cognitive, pedagogical, and psycho‐affective factors in second/foreign language (L2) education. However, empirical evidence on the influence of psycho‐affective variables on teachers' reflectivity remains limited.
Lili Qin, Hossein Nassaji, Ali Derakhshan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

EFL students’ perception of the use of text-to-speech synthesis in pronunciation learning [PDF]

, 2012
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners usually find speaking particularly challenging. One way to improve speaking skills in a foreign language is to speak with native speakers of the target language as often as possible. However this is not always
Chang, AHY, Kwan, ACM
core  

Proctoring in a Second Language: Exploring Fairness and Justice in Remote English Language Testing

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Remote proctoring is increasingly common in English language testing (Isbell & Kremmel, 2020), yet it often requires communication in the target language, unlike in‐person centers that may offer support in test‐takers' first language. Although prior studies have noted communication challenges in remote testing environments (Green & Lung, 2021;
Jieun Kim
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Pranayamic Breathing as a Positive Psychology Exercise on Foreign Language Learning Anxiety and Test Anxiety Among Language Learners at Tertiary Level. [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2021
Tasan M, Mede E, Sadeghi K.
europepmc   +1 more source