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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 +2 more
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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
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Listening strategy use, test anxiety and test performance of intermediate and advanced Iranian EFL learners [PDF]
Applied Research on English Language, 2014 Learning a foreign language has been related with some kind of strategic knowledge on the one hand, and some level of (test-taking) apprehension or tension on the other hand, although a small amount of anxiety is normally expected as a natural warning ...
Raoof Hamzavi, Hassan Soodmand Afshar
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An investigation into Spanish EFL learners' anxiety
Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada, 2013 This research article reports the results of a study designed to measure and analyse Spanish students' perceived anxiety when learning and using EFL inside the classroom. This article first includes a review of the literature on foreign language anxiety.
Juan de Dios Martínez Agudo
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A Study on Foreign Language Listening Anxiety of English Majors in a Chinese University
International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, 2023 Anxiety is one of the affective factors which plays a significant role in the teaching learning process. This study makes an inquiry into foreign language listening anxiety among L2 English majors in a Chinese university with its focus on students’ learning experience.
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Previous research demonstrated that communication anxiety reduces L2 learners' willingness to communicate and communication frequency, but left unexplored its impact on performance. The current mixed‐methods study investigated factors impacting L2 communication skills.
Debra M. Hardison
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Communicative Drills: The Impact of Communicative Intent on Oral Proficiency
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This exploratory study investigated the role of communicative intent in second language (L2) oral practice by comparing communicative and meaningful drills. English language learners played a game designed to elicit repeated use of the second conditional.
Jonathan Serfaty
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British Journal of Special Education, EarlyView.Abstract This paper summarises the findings of a research project at a British university exploring autistic students studying modern foreign languages (MFL). The project investigates the experiences, motivations, learning strategies and preferences of autistic MFL learners in a Higher Education context to better understand how MFL classroom pedagogy ...
Caroline de Saint‐Seine +2 more
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The First World War at Sea: Death, Commemoration and Cultural Remembrance
History, EarlyView.Abstract Despite the ever‐increasing body of work devoted to war memorials, national days of remembrance and the commemoration of the First World War in Britain, academic focus remains firmly on the commemoration of the First World War on land. Yet, while the number of people who died at sea paled in comparison to their counterparts on the battlefield ...
ROWAN THOMPSON
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Research on Education and Psychology, 2023 The present study aimed to investigate the effects of YouTube-assisted listening instruction (YALI) on the listening anxiety of students of German as a foreign language (GFL) and their listening comprehension performance. For this purpose, a total of ninety-six senior undergraduate students were equally divided into three groups using the criterion ...
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