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Calafato, Raees – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2023
Research on the relationship between students' language learning motivation (LLM), language learning strategies (LLS), self-efficacy beliefs (SEB), and achievement in non-European languages has been both limited and overwhelmingly cross-sectional, often with little attention paid to their multilingualism. Combining complex dynamic systems and…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Motivation, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes
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Kata Csizér; Ágnes Albert – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
The aim of our paper is to explore the predictor variables of autonomous use of technology (Benson, 2011) in relation to second language learning. To this end, we explored motivated learning behavior (Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2021), self-efficacy (Bandura, 1986) and several language learning-related emotions, such as enjoyment, pride, hope,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Learning Motivation, Self Efficacy, Psychological Patterns
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Linghong Li; Martin Valcke; Linda Badan; Christoph Anderl – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background study: Chinese tone pronunciation instruction gains increasingly attention and various instructional strategies have been studied to develop effective tones in students. Students usually listen to successful pronunciation stimuli provided by the teacher or peers, to be copied by themselves. However, individuals seem more sensitive to…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Chinese, Intonation
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Juyeon Yoo – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2025
This qualitative case study examines the language learning trajectory of a South Korean international undergraduate student (Stella) in the United Kingdom. Previous studies have reported a lack of research on the intricate relationships between motivation and investment. To fill this gap, this study examined Stella's shifting levels of motivation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning
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Nourollah Zarrinabadi; Masoumeh Soleimani – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
This study examined the role of positive and negative feedback on goal commitment and energy investment among English as a foreign language learners who experienced directed motivational currents (DMCs). To this purpose, a systematic methodology was used to identify language learners with a DMC experience (six students, four females, two males,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement
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Jia-Ying Lee – SAGE Open, 2024
This research was a quasi-experiment that examined the effects of CLIL in an educational context in Taiwan's higher education. Two groups of first-year undergraduate students were involved. One (65 students) was taught with CLIL; the other (59), the conventional approach. Their knowledge of the content and learning attitudes (self-efficacy and…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Second Language Learning
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Ali H. Al-Hoorie; Phil Hiver; Yo In'nami – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
Concerns have recently been raised about the validity of scales used in the L2 motivational self system tradition, particularly in relation to sufficient discriminant validity among some of its scales. These concerns highlight the need to systematically examine the validity of scales used in this tradition. In this study, we therefore compiled a…
Descriptors: Validity, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Rating Scales
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Demirdöken, Gökhan; Okur, Sinan – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of the present study was twofold. First, we aimed to adapt the English-speaking Anxiety Scale. Second, we intended to investigate the mediating role of English learning motivation and self-confidence on the relationship between English-speaking anxiety and English self-efficacy through a serial mediation analysis.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Anxiety, Speech Skills, Learning Motivation
Cheng Chen – ProQuest LLC, 2021
China's growing economic power has led to over one hundred million people speaking Chinese world-wide (Chai & Wang, 2017). Although the Chinese language may not replace English as the most popular language worldwide, it is acknowledged that the Chinese language is an indispensable part of the future world (Zhao & Huang, 2010). However,…
Descriptors: College Students, Second Language Learning, Chinese, Student Characteristics
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Ruofei Zhang; Di Zou – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Self-regulated learning has been frequently investigated and reported to be effective for second language education, so increasingly more researchers and educators have been interested in cultivating self-regulated second language learners. To assist researchers and educators, it appears beneficial to review previous studies concerning the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Research Reports
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Akuneme, Chioma Christiana; Nwosu, Kingsley Chinaza – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2023
Introduction: Communication apprehension is significant in understanding the language skills acquisition of foreign language students. However, studies on communication apprehension have been devoted mainly to second language learners of the English Language. Consequently, there is, in the body of literature, insufficient evidence to understand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Communication (Thought Transfer), Anxiety
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Janina Iwaniec; Ana Halbach – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) research has thrived recently. Yet, while more and more is learnt about the impact of CLIL on motivation, proficiency, and content learning, few investigations examine how CLIL influences students of different socio-economic status (SES) and why. The recent large-scale English Impact study conducted…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Profiles, Self Efficacy
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Chen, Chin-Yu; Chang, Shao-Chen; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Zou, Di – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Speaking is a challenge for most English learners owing to the lack of practicing environments and partners. The virtual reality (VR) technology has changed this situation by providing learners with rich opportunities for practice. In VR-based practicing environments, peer tutoring is a common strategy for promoting peer assistance. However, in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Speech Communication, Computer Simulation
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Rochmawati, Laila; Fatmawati; Sukma, Meita Maharani – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2023
Indonesian aviation cadets' complex and multi-faceted tasks have directed them to exhaustion and less learning focus. Their motivation and self-efficacy in learning Aviation English are hampered so their anxiety dominates. This hypothetical cause and effect enforce the present study to describe their motivation, anxiety, and self-efficacy in…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Aviation Education
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Teng, Mark Feng; Yang, Zi – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
The Purpose: Despite a large number of studies in online learning, limited studies have focused on language learners' metacognition, motivation, and self-efficacy beliefs in the online learning setting. This study attempts to fill this gap by evaluating how the three factors impact learners' English learning achievement in online learning…
Descriptors: Online Courses, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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