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Jean-Marc Dewaele; Kazuya Saito; Florentina Halimi – Language Teaching Research, 2025
The current study investigates how foreign language enjoyment (FLE), foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) and attitude/motivation (AM) of 360 learners of English, German, French and Spanish in a Kuwaiti university was shaped over the course of one semester by three teacher behaviours: frequency of using the foreign language (FL) in class,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Anxiety, English (Second Language)
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Jean-Marc Dewaele; Kazuya Saito – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
The current study focuses on the effect of the target language on learner emotions and attitudes/motivation. More specifically, it investigates whether the status and prestige of English results in more positive learner emotions and attitudes/motivation compared to less prestigious languages other than English (LOTE). Statistical analyses of a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learner Engagement
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Brengy, Nada Mohammed Jameel – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2019
French is the sixth most commonly spoken language in the world and the second most taught language in the European Union. There are 274 million people who speak French worldwide. Since the introduction of the term 'Francophone' in 1880 and the establishment of the International Organisation of Francophonie in 1970, countries that use French as an…
Descriptors: French, Departments, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction