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Relative Importance of Learning Variables on L2 Performance [PDF]
In this article, the results of a pilot study investigating the relative importance of various learner variables on L2 performance are presented. The study was conducted with the participation of forty students enrolled in a beginning Spanish class at a ...
Olivares-Cuhat, Gabriela
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Enhancing Student Engagement through Online Authentic Materials [PDF]
Students exposed to authentic materials in the foreign languageclassroom are better able to process foreign language input in real-lifesituations and have a more positive attitude towards learning theforeign culture.
Erbaggio, Pierluigi +3 more
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Language anxiety is the feeling of tension and apprehension associated with second / foreign language learning. It manifests itself in two types of emotional reactions: positive (positive anxiety) and negative (debilitating anxiety).
Marzena Blachowska-Szmigiel
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Reducing Students' Foreign Language Anxiety in Speaking Class Through Cooperative Learning [PDF]
One of the challenges in teaching English as a foreign language to students in Indonesia is the existence of Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA) that are faced by students at any level of education.
Susidamaiyanti, S. (Susidamaiyanti)
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Addressing Foreign Language Learning Anxiety with Facebook
Learning a foreign language can be a daunting task which challenges students in several ways. Although students more readily identify anxiety as linked to speaking, all other language skills have been linked to Krashen’s affective filters. The present study sought to address these filters, with an emphasis on anxiety, by incorporating Facebook on ...
Serge Gabarre +4 more
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Foreign Language Anxiety: Students' Perspectives and Pedagogical Implications [PDF]
During the last four decades, researchers have shown an increasing interest in the effect of affective variables in language learning because of their decisive role in understanding individual differences in language learning success rate among language ...
Tello Loyarte, Lierni
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‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education
Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
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For many students, foreign language anxiety can be a paralyzing condition that prevents learners from fully learning and slows the use of their second language in communication.
Bijon Baroi, Noor Muhammad
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Foreign Language Anxiety and English Achivement of Eighth Grade Students of Mts Sulaiman Yasin Samarinda in the 2011/2012 Academic Year [PDF]
Anxiety is considered having negative effects for most students in learning foreign language, especially English. It has attracted researchers\u27 attention to do the investigation on foreign language anxiety as a factor which inhibits students to learn ...
Ariani, S. (Setya) +2 more
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Classroom anxiety and enjoyment in CLIL and non-CLIL: Does the target language matter? [PDF]
This study investigates pupils’ anxiety and enjoyment in the classroom when learning a second or foreign language. The particularity of this study lies in the comparison of two target languages (English and Dutch) in two educational contexts (CLIL and ...
De Smet, Audrey +4 more
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