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Direct linkTai, Tzu-Yu; Chen, Howard Hao-Jan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Willingness to communicate (WTC) is considered to be an important factor contributing to successful foreign language learning. Many studies aim at finding effective tools for enhancing WTC. With the support of AI and Automatic Speech Recognition technology, intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) seem to have potentials in improving foreign…
Descriptors: Grade 8, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Language Attitudes
Download full textFreiermuth, Mark R.; Patanasorn, Chomraj; Ravindran, Latha; Huang, Hsin-chou – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2021
Understanding the make-up of gritty L2 students has garnered quite a lot of attention recently. In this descriptive narrative-based study, we looked at the interview data of eight English language learners who recorded high scores on a nine-item grit questionnaire. Specifically, two female university students each from Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grounded Theory
Sung, Chit Cheung Matthew – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2013
As the English language has become a global lingua franca today, it is not surprising that changes in attitudes and perceptions towards learning English in the international context have taken place at the same time. In this paper, I critically examine the notion of "integrative motivation" in the literature of second language (L2)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Language Role
Chung, I-Fang; Huang, Yi-Cheng – Educational Studies, 2010
In response to the growing needs of proficient English speakers, the Taiwan Ministry of Education officially included English in standard elementary school curriculum since 2001. English courses at elementary level were extended from the fifth grade to the third grade since the fall of 2005. It is significant to examine whether the educational…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Learning Motivation, Interviews
Chou, Chi-ting – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2013
This study investigates the effectiveness of applying Readers' Theater as remedial instruction for underachieving students. The participants of the study are 49 underachieving Freshman English students. The experimental group was taught using Readers' Theater as remedial instruction, and the control group received regular remedial instruction. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theater Arts, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
Banya, Kingsley; Cheng, Maria H. – 1997
This study investigated: (1) the causes and effects of Chinese students' beliefs about foreign language learning; (2) mismatches between teachers' and students' beliefs; and (3) how teachers' and students' beliefs compare across cultures. Subjects were 23 Chinese and English teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and 224 EFL university…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Beliefs, College Faculty
