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Connecting foreign language enjoyment and English proficiency levels: The mediating role of L2 motivation

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
To further understand the connections between positive emotions, in particular foreign language enjoyment, second language (L2) motivation, and English achievement, the present study investigated how foreign language enjoyment and L2 motivation ...
Haihua Wang, Lin Xu, Jiaxin Li
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The relationship between EFL learners’ reading comprehension ability and their fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, and processing speed

open access: yesCogent Education, 2016
The general purpose of the current study was to clarify the role and estimate the correlation of specific cognitive abilities with Second Language (L2) reading achievement of English Foreign Language (EFL) university students.
Khalil Motallebzadeh   +1 more
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Psychophysiological factors as predictors of second language writing achievement in a computer-based test

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Sleep quality, personality, and cognitive load potentially increase second language writing (SLW) anxiety and subsequently affect SLW achievement.
Shu-Ping Lee   +6 more
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Psychological Mechanisms Underlying Second Language Fluency [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
Fluency in a second language is considered important by both learners and teachers, but is not well understood. This paper describes what is known about second language fluency and describes a number of psychological learning mechanisms that might ...
Schmidt, Richard
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Influence of psychological autonomy support of peer instruction: A novel interactive approach using Instagram in language learning

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
This study makes an original contribution to knowledge by investigating the impact of Just-in-Time (JiT) teaching and peer instruction (PI) strategies on the promotion of students’ achievement, interaction, and motivation in English language learning ...
Hind Alfadda   +4 more
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Preference and Order in First and Second Language Referential Strategies [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
Kellerman, Ammerlaan, Bongaerts, and Poulisse (1986) examined referential strategies used by Dutch speakers of English as a second language in a shapedescription task. Kellerman, et al.
Russell, George
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A Study of Language Socialization: Learning and Making Sense in a Second Language Classroom [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
This paper is about children's second language socialization. It is about how a child, a Japanese eight year old boy, tries to make sense of his world in a second language classroom.
Jasso-Aguilar, Rebeca
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Language Aptitude and Crosslinguistic Influence in Initial L2 Learning

open access: yesJournal of the European Second Language Association, 2020
Language-learning aptitude and crosslinguistic similarity between learners’ first language (L1) and the target second language (L2) are both known to facilitate successful L2 learning.
Lars Bokander
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Review of Variations Achievement Motivation and Self-concept due to Learning a Second language (Language of Study: English) [PDF]

open access: yesروان‌شناسی تربیتی, 2016
This study has been done to identify the effectiveness of teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) on the self-concept and achievement motivation of learners. In this paper among the 280 students of 15-30 year-old, using both the Rogers’ Self-concept
Tahereh Kheiri Gelsefidi   +2 more
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Applied Sociolinguistics: The Case of Arabic as a Second Language [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
This paper has several themes. The first is that almost everything that sociolinguists can discover about the sociolinguistic patterning of Arabic will have some relevance for the teaching and learning of Arabic as a second language.
Schmidt, Richard W.
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