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The link between Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety, Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity and Self-rated English proficiency among Chinese learners [PDF]

open access: yes, 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) are
Shan Ip, T.   +4 more
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Instructional Goal Structure, Gender, and Second Language Motivation Affecting English Language Achievement

open access: yesJournal of Language and Education, 2020
The study opted to: 1) Investigate differences between cooperative and competitive learning modes in the extent to which they affect English language achievement; 2) Find gender, intra-gender, and inter-gender differences in English language achievement ...
Lemecha Geleto Wariyo
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The roles of motivation, anxiety and learning strategies in online Chinese learning among Thai learners of Chinese as a foreign language

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
The impact of motivation, anxiety and learning strategies on the achievement of foreign language proficiency has been widely acknowledged in the context of traditional offline classroom settings. However, this issue has not been extensively documented in
Wei Xu   +3 more
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Relationship between Learning English as a Foreign Language and the Executive Attention Profile in Spanish Schoolchildren

open access: yesPsicología Educativa: Revista de los Psicólogos de la Educación, 2023
Executive functions are established as vital in learning, as well as in the development of psycholinguistic skills crucial to learning a second language.
Marta Martínez-Vicente   +3 more
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The Relationship between Learners’ Affective Variables and Second Language Achievement [PDF]

open access: yesArab World English Journal, 2016
This study examines five affective variables: motivation, attitudes, anxiety, self-esteem and autonomy, with the aim of establishing their effect, together and individually, on learners’ L2 achievement. Data were collected from Saudi university students learning English as a second/foreign language as part of their degree. Data collection was conducted,
Alrabai, Fakieh, Moskovsky, Christo
openaire   +1 more source

Implementing Art and Music in Maltese Courses for Non-Native Adults

open access: yesIAFOR Journal of Education, 2021
Malta has currently attracted numerous non-natives who consider the island conducive for business, investment and work. To enhance their working and living experience in Malta, several foreigners are learning Maltese as a second language (ML2), which ...
Jacqueline Żammit
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A STUDY OF ADOLESCENTS’ ANXIETY AND ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

open access: yesKajian Linguistik dan Sastra, 2009
The purpose of this is to investigate whether there is relationship between students’ anxiety and achievement in English as a foreign language. The subjects of this study were second graders of among adolescents at Sekolah Menengah Umum Negeri 1 ...
Ridha Fadillah
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Is learning really just believing? A meta-analysis of self-efficacy and achievement in SLA

open access: yesStudies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
The positive psychology movement (Seligman, 1998) has contributed to the proclamation of a positive turn in second language acquisition (SLA) (MacIntyre et al., 2016).
Julia Goetze , Meagan Driver
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Engagement Mediates the Relationship Between Emotion and Achievement of Chinese EFL Learners

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Since the coming of Positive Psychology in the field of second language acquisition (SLA), the significance of emotion, especially positive emotion, has been well recognized by researchers.
Enhao Feng, Gang Hong
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English Language Usage and Academic Achievement Among Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesSAGE Open Nursing, 2022
Introduction Nursing students who speak English as a second language (ESL) face academic challenges such as academic and clinical underperformance and slower course progression.
Naji Alqahtani PhD, RN
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