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Download full textMoonyoung Park – English Teaching, 2025
This mixed-methods study investigated language anxiety among Korean military air traffic controllers (ATCOs) when communicating with native English-speaking pilots. The quantitative phase (N = 81) used hierarchical regression analysis examining relationships between individual characteristics and anxiety levels. The qualitative phase (N = 13)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Usage, Military Personnel
Direct linkTe Huia, Awanui – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2022
Te reo Maori (the Maori language) continues to be learned by Maori and Pakeha from Aotearoa New Zealand. The concept of language anxiety has been the topic of study by numerous authors due to its ability to interfere with second language production from cognition to output. For a group of Pakeha (New Zealand European) learners of te reo Maori,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Indigenous Populations, Pacific Islanders
Yanfeng Mao; Wendi Adair; Jianhong Su – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This longitudinal inductive research unpacks the process of African post-secondary students' Chinese language identity (CLI) with the purpose of exploring a model of CLI development. We traced how 12 multilingual African students developed their CLI during the first year in a Chinese university. Data coded from three rounds of interviews conducted…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Nourollah Zarrinabadi, Editor; Miroslaw Pawlak, Editor – Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
This edited collection provides a state-of-the art overview of research on willingness to communicate (WTC) in a second and foreign language. In particular, it includes innovative studies seeking to demonstrate the ways in which WTC can be examined within the framework of complex dynamic systems, how the construct is related to self-assessment,…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes, Immigrants, Second Language Learning
Han, Turgay; Tulgar, Aysegül Takkaç – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2019
The aim of this study is to investigate the construct of English as a foreign language (EFL) pre-service teachers' feelings of anxiety before, while, and after experiencing teaching English within a Turkish elementary classroom setting. Specifically, this intrinsic qualitative study investigates the anxiety sources for pre-service teachers in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Preservice Teachers
Lieberman, Richard; Poland, Scott – Communique, 2017
The suicide of a young person not only creates crisis response challenges for school personnel but also sparks a multitude of reactions and questions from parents who may be anxious about contagion and the increased risk of another suicide occurring. Providing leadership in the aftermath of a student death by suicide is an essential role of the…
Descriptors: Suicide, Adolescents, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Depression (Psychology)
Nuske, Heather Joy; McGhee Hassrick, Elizabeth; Bronstein, Briana; Hauptman, Lindsay; Aponte, Courtney; Levato, Lynne; Stahmer, Aubyn; Mandell, David S.; Mundy, Peter; Kasari, Connie; Smith, Tristram – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Transitioning to a new school is often challenging for students with autism spectrum disorder. Few studies have examined the transition needs of students with autism spectrum disorder or the benefits of specific supports. This review synthesizes research findings on the "difficulties" that school transitions pose for students with autism…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Student Adjustment, Transitional Programs
Booncherd, Naruemon; Rimkeeratikul, Sucharat – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2017
Communication Apprehension (CA) is a construct that has been studied in many fields. In this study, CA in English (L2) was investigated among personnel in a bureau providing medical services for public. The three main aims of this research were to: (1) compare the personnel CA in L2 (English) with CA in L1 (Thai), (2) determine which demographic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Medical Services, Employee Attitudes
Cho, Jinhyun – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2015
This article examines the socially constructed nature of significant linguistic insecurity with regard to the English language in Korean society as informed by neoliberalism. It specifically explores how linguistic insecurity leads to the pursuit of linguistic perfectionism under the popular discourse of neoliberal personhood. Participants are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, English (Second Language), Language Usage
Knight, Misty L.; Johnson, Karen Gabrielle; Stewart, Frances – Learning Assistance Review, 2016
Research indicates that the fear of public speaking is an extraordinarily common phobia and that a significant portion of the population experiences some form of anxiety over public speaking. Although there is a great deal of research available on the etiology of public speaking anxiety, there is far less research available on interventional…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Coping, Public Speaking, Tutoring
Giovanelli, Marcello – Language and Education, 2015
English language is a fast-growing and popular subject at A level, but the majority of qualified secondary teachers in the UK have subject expertise and backgrounds in literature. This paper reports on interviews with seven secondary English teachers who discuss the strategies they used when taking on the responsibility of A-level English language…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Personal Narratives
OECD Publishing, 2018
Migration flows are profoundly changing the composition of classrooms. Results from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) reveal that in 2015, almost one in four 15-year-old students in OECD countries reported that they were either foreign-born or had at least one foreign-born parent. Between 2003 and 2015, the share of…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Resilience (Psychology), Student Characteristics, Adjustment (to Environment)
