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Competition in Second Language Classrooms: Causes, Consequences, and Implications. Second Language Learning and Teaching
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Nourollah Zarrinabadi – Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
This book offers an in-depth exploration of the causes and consequences of competition among language learners, with a particular focus on understanding the intricate relationships between competitiveness, beliefs about competition, and other psychological variables pertinent to language learning, such as motivation, anxiety, and mindsets. The…
Descriptors: Competition, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Investigating Foreign Language Anxiety: Lessons for Research into Individual Differences. Second Language Learning and Teaching
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Katalin Piniel – Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
The introduction and a theoretical summary of language anxiety research (Chapter 1) are followed by four chapters: Chapter 2 presents a meta-analysis of the widely used "Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale"'s (Horwitz, et al., 1986) factorial structure; Chapter 3 reports on a validation study of the Hungarian version of MacIntyre…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Rating Scales
Empirical Investigations into WTC, Motivation, Language Anxiety and Boredom in Traditional and Digital Contexts
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Mariusz Kruk – Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
The present chapter offers an overview of empirical investigations into the phenomena of WTC, motivation, language anxiety and boredom with a particular focus on changes in their levels over longer and shorter periods of time as well as factors influencing such fluctuations in traditional and digital contexts. [For the complete volume,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Interpersonal Communication, Student Motivation
The 5Cs Positive Teacher Interpersonal Behaviors: Implications for Learner Empowerment and Learning in an L2 Context. Second Language Learning and Teaching
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Ali Derakhshan – Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
This book argues that, in line with the tenets of positive psychology in SLA and the rhetorical/relational goal theory, positive teacher-student interpersonal relationships are deemed to be of great significance for empowering students to accomplish favorable academic outcomes and to successfully learn a second/foreign language (L2), whether at…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Student Relationship, Second Language Learning
Putting Crisis in Perspective: Analyses of Past and Present Crises in Literature, Culture, and Foreign Language Teaching. Second Language Learning and Teaching
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Artur Skweres – Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
This collected book analyzes the phenomenon of crisis manifested across various historical periods. It offers unique, multifaceted, and interdisciplinary perspectives on the issues of crises and finds numerous applications in the fields of literature, linguistics, advertising, photography, and foreign language teaching. The collection is divided…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach