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Bilingual/Multilingual Learners' Willingness to Communicate in and Anxiety on Speaking Chinese and Their Associations with Self-Rated Proficiency in Chinese
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Liu, Meihua – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
The present research explored bilingual/multilingual students' willingness to communicate in Chinese (WTCC) and foreign language anxiety (FLA) when speaking Chinese and their associations with self-rated proficiency in Chinese in a university in Beijing. The study recruited 167 bilingual and multilingual learners of Chinese to fill in a battery of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Chinese, Second Language Instruction
Multilingual Effects on EFL Learning: A Comparison of Foreign Language Anxiety Experienced by Monolingual and Bilingual Tertiary Students in the Lao PDR
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Phongsa, Manivone; Mohamed Ismail, Shaik Abdul Malik; Low, Hui Min – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
Foreign language anxiety is common among adult learners, especially those who lack exposure to the language that they are learning. In this study, we compared the foreign language anxiety experienced by monolingual and bilingual tertiary students in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) who were learning English as a Foreign Language. The…
Descriptors: Laotians, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)