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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Foreign Language Anxiety"”.
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Foreign Language Anxiety Among Japanese International Students in the U.S.
<p>This study aims to investigate the foreign language anxieties Japanese international students at American universities have and the relationship between these anxieties and length of stay in the U.S. 151 Japanese international students answered a modified version of the Foreign Language …
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Strategies to Reduce Foreign Language Anxiety in Adult EFL Students of the European Union
<p>One of paradoxes in adult foreign language learning is that older learners must communicate in the very language, in this case English, they struggle to acquire. The discomfort that arises from needing to use deficient or non-existent skills in a new language is more acutely felt in adults than …
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The Interaction between Affect and Meta-cognition in Language Use : The Case of Foreign Language Anxiety.
… by Bachman and Palmer's (1996) model of language use. Anxiety is used to operationalize the concept of affect and develop an empirical model of interaction between meta-cognitive strategies, affect and language performance. The theoretical part examines the use of concepts of affect and …
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A Mixed Methods Investigation of Foreign Language Anxiety and Anxiety-Reducing Strategies in the Saudi Context
Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA) holds great significance in the field of applied linguistics since learning a new language is the integration of body, mind, and emotions; focusing on one part only would never offer a full understanding of the learning process (Damasio, 2006; Young, 1999). Horwitz, …
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Shyness and EFL learning in Taiwan : a study of shy and non-shy college students' use of strategies, foreign language anxiety, motivation, and willingness to communicate
… motivation are two critical predictors, whereas foreign language anxiety and willingness to communicate often influence learners' performance in L2 communication. This study examined the interrelationship among shyness, L2 learning strategy use, L2 learning motivation, foreign language anxiety, …
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Emotions in language learning: applying affective research in English Language Teaching
… on the influence of affective features in language learning shows that students’ attitudes and motivation appear to be the most critical factor for success in language learning (Day, Gardner & MacIntyre, 1992). This paper aims at providing language teachers with tools that allow them to …
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Mother Tongue Interference in English Language Pronunciation of the Chinese Immigrant in the United States
<p>English is one of the most widely used languages in the world. As an unofficial lingua franca, it serves a key role in cross-cultural communication. Chinese immigrants in the US will certainly encounter many difficulties in acquiring L2 proficiency. Some of these challenges are tied to 1) …
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Teaching English for the first time: anxiety among Japanese elementary-school teachers
English language education officially started in Japanese elementary schools in 2009. Homeroom teachers, whether experienced or not, are responsible for teaching the subject to students. Additionally, teachers are often required to team-teach with a native English speaker. It is plausible that …
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Foreign Language Student Anxiety and Expected Testing Method: Face-to-Face Versus Computer Mediated Testing
… overwhelming; affective factors, in particular anxiety, do affect students who are learning a second or foreign language. Foreign language anxiety can affect students' achievement and desire to continue their studies. Instructors want their students to succeed and want them to continue. …
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An ESL Instructor's Guidebook for Reducing Test Anxiety at the Community College Level Through Exploring Alternatives in Assessment
… purpose of this project is to decrease test anxiety within ESL community college students by providing their instructors with a guidebook for implementing alternatives in assessment. Chapter one dives right into the problem of ESL students experiencing test anxiety. At the community college …
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Learning French pronunciation outside the classroom: a sound pedagogical experience?
… have revolutionised the way people learn. In language learning, using a web-conferencing system is a relatively new development, and acquiring pronunciation skills in a virtual environment even more so. The central question of this exploratory study is whether learning pronunciation outside …
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Effects of task values, attributions, and cultural constructs on foreign language use anxiety among international teaching assistants
… values, attributions, cultural constructs and foreign language use anxiety using expectancy-value theory, attribution theory, and Triandis’ (1995) cultural constructs model (i.e., individualism versus collectivism) as its theoretical bases. This study explores how perceptions and values of …
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Saying ‘au revoir’ to anxiety in a heartbeat: the benefits of virtual reality for language learning.
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Lowering Language Learner Anxiety: The Impact of Collaborative-Dynamic Assessment in the Intermediate University Spanish Classroom
… Sociocultural Theory (SCT) in the second language (L2) classroom called Collaborative-Dynamic Assessment (C-DA). C-DA is a melding of Collaborative Learning (CL), Dynamic Assessment (DA), and Group Evaluation (GE) in all aspects of L2 instruction and assessment. A study was conducted with …