Teaching Japanese: Consideration of Learners' Affective Variables.

Samimy, Keiko Komiya

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Publication Date: 1994

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Teaching Japanese: Consideration of Learners' Affective Variables.

Samimy, Keiko Komiya

Theory into Practice, v33 n1 p29-33 Win 1994

Responding to foreign language learners' affective needs may help enhance learners' success in Japanese. American students face many linguistic and psychological barriers when learning Japanese. The article examines such affective variables as anxiety, risk taking, and motivation as significant contributing factors for differential success in language learning. (SM)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Classroom Environment, Higher Education, Japanese, Language Skills, Psycholinguistics, Risk, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Reports - General; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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