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Factors influencing foreign language classroom anxiety: an investigation of English learners in four Japanese universities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Over the past three decades there has been increasing interest in foreign language classroom anxiety in both EFL and ESL settings. Many empirical studies have used a standardised tool to measure L2 anxiety in different contexts and findings have shown ...
Effiong, Martins
core  

Internationalising the teacher education curriculum: An analysis of syllabi and student experiences

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Internationalisation has increasingly become a key dimension of quality in initial teacher education (ITE) programmes. Although it is recognised as a means to strengthen future teachers' competencies and expand their professional knowledge, it remains underdeveloped in practice.
Nafsika Alexiadou, Mai Trang Vu
wiley   +1 more source

Personalized Treatment Selection for Digital Eating Disorder Interventions: A Proof‐of‐Concept for the Personalized Advantage Index

open access: yesInternational Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Although a range of evidence‐based treatments for eating disorders exist, treatment response varies substantially. The ability to match individuals to a treatment which they are most likely to benefit from may help improve treatment efficiency and therapeutic outcomes.
Zoe McClure   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Use of Technology In-and-outside Second Language Classrooms: How, What, and Why?

open access: yesWorking Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 2015
The growing popularity of computer-mediated communication (CMC) has given rise to virtually endless possibilities for second language (L2) teaching and learning. For one, computer-mediated tasks allow learners to work at their own pace, while maintaining
Hiromi Noguchi
doaj   +1 more source

The emotional weight of "I love you" in multilinguals' languages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The present paper considers the perceived emotional weight of the phrase I love you in multilinguals’ different languages. The sample consists of 1459 adult multilinguals speaking a total of 77 different first languages.
Dewaele, Jean-Marc
core   +1 more source

Table_1_Interaction between CSL students’ motivation and anxiety under different L2 writing tasks: evidence from Vietnamese university students.docx [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
IntroductionImproving task motivation can reduce anxiety and enhance the efficiency of second language (L2) learning. However, previous research has not determined whether the relationship between task motivation and anxiety is unidirectional ...
Haijing Zhang (1954735)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Preoperative limbic cortical thinning in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy surgical candidates is associated with pre‐existing and de novo postoperative depression

open access: yesEpileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Depression is common in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE), but its neuroanatomical basis—and overlap with major depressive disorder (MDD)—remains poorly defined. We investigated whether the cortical and subcortical alterations reported in MDD are also present in mTLE and leveraged the frequent occurrence of depression after ...
Philip Fink‐Jensen   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mindfulness meditation increases interictal epileptiform discharges in meditation‐naïve surgical epilepsy patients

open access: yesEpilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Meditation has widely recognized psychological and neuromodulatory benefits, yet its effects on epileptiform activity remain unclear. This study examined whether novice meditation modulates interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) in patients with drug‐resistant epilepsy using intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG).
Shweta Soni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anxiety and Writing Ability of Filipino ESL Learners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The study aimed at describing how L2 anxiety of writing affected the Filipino English as Second Language (ESL) learners’ ability in writing. It also showed the anxiety rates, foremost type; then, the learners’ writing ability.
and, others R. (Ryan P. Kabigting)
core   +3 more sources

Exploring the relationships among large language model acceptance, enjoyment, anxiety, and self-efficacy in L2 academic writing

open access: yesActa Psychologica
Self-efficacy plays a central role in L2 academic writing. However, limited attention has been paid to how technology-related factors and emotions jointly shape learners' self-efficacy in L2 academic writing.
Fei Sun   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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