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Exploring mindfulness and language learning: EFL students' journey coping with speaking anxiety. [PDF]

BMC Psychol
Koçali Z, Aşık A.
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Nested Selves: Self‐Organization and Shared Markov Blankets in Prenatal Development in Humans

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract The immune system is a central component of organismic function in humans. This paper addresses self‐organization of biological systems in relation to—and nested within—other biological systems in pregnancy. Pregnancy constitutes a fundamental state for human embodiment and a key step in the evolution and conservation of our species. While not
Anna Ciaunica, Michael Levin, Fernando E. Rosas, Karl Friston   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Classroom interaction and second language grit as predictors of college English achievement: the mediating role of learners' foreign language emotions. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Lu Q, Du Y, Zhai C, Liu W, Xu J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Anxiety and foreign language learning for young adolescents

, 2018
Este trabajo analiza los factores más comunes que le producen ansiedad a un grupo de adolescentes a la hora de aprender inglés como lengua extranjera en un programa perteneciente al proyecto de Acción Social “ED-2884” de la Sede del Pacífico de la Universidad de Costa Rica.
openaire   +1 more source

Promoting Foreign Language Enjoyment Through Displaying Affiliation in Collaborative Digital Multimodal Composing in Hong Kong ESL Classrooms: Insights From Translanguaging and Transpositioning Perspectives

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studies on classroom interactions suggest that displaying affiliation through linguistic and multimodal resources could promote positive emotions like enjoyment, thereby enhancing engagement and enthusiasm in second/foreign language learning.
Karen C. K. Choi, Kevin W. H. Tai
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom in Spanish learning: a study of Chinese university students. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Zhou N, Liu Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Reconsidering the role of L2 self-motivational and affective factors in AI-mediated informal digital learning of English: a mixed-methods study. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Li HT, Yan P.
europepmc   +1 more source