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Zhuo Chen; Ping Zhang; Yi Lin; Yanxia Li – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The present study investigated the interactions of trait emotional intelligence (trait EI), foreign language anxiety (FLA), and foreign language enjoyment (FLE) in the foreign language speaking classroom. Data collected from 274 Chinese postgraduate EFL learners showed that the subjects generally had medium to high scores on global trait EI; in…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Second Language Learning, Language Attitudes, Anxiety
Yan, Edith M. Y.; Fung, Irene Y. Y.; Liu, Lili; Huang, Xiaoyan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
This quantitative study investigated the extent and contexts of target language (TL) use in English language classrooms. Participants were 2,906 students from seven secondary schools and four universities in the more developed cities in southern China. They were put into five groups according to their educational stage and whether their content…
Descriptors: Surveys, Language Usage, Statistical Analysis, English (Second Language)
Ma, Dongmei; Yao, Tian; Zhang, Haomin – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
Based on the dynamic and emerging nature of language aptitude, the paper reports an empirical study investigating the relationship between multilingual learning experiences and language aptitude through comparative analyses of language aptitude between second language (L2) and third language (L3) learners. Eighty-seven Chinese students who majored…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Language Aptitude
Gao, Fang – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
Despite the proven benefits of combining target language education with corresponding cultural studies, little is known about the impact of infusing and integrating native culture and ideology into English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education. Few studies focus on how Chinese English language learners (ELLs) negotiate multifaceted identities in…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Attitudes, Self Concept, Cultural Background
Bodomo, Adams; Che, Dewei; Dong, Hongjie – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
The presence of Africans in China has been phenomenal since the late 1990s. In recent years, there has been a dramatic uptick in people from Africa coming to the major cities of China such as Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau, Yiwu, Shanghai, and Beijing. They are in the process of building linguistic, cultural, and economic bridges between their source…
Descriptors: Retailing, African Culture, Immigrants, Metropolitan Areas
Tao, Jian; Zhao, Ke; Chen, Xiuwen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
Language teachers' motivation and self is essential to their long-term commitment and professional development. Drawing on Language Teacher Self theory, the study reports on the professional experiences of seven teachers teaching languages other than English (LOTEs) in a Chinese university with shifting teacher appraisal policy. The findings…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Liu, Meng – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
The present study contributes to the field of L2 motivation by exploring the link between emotional experience in language learning and motivational self from a multilingual perspective. Specifically, it evaluated the empirical support for the validity of the ideal multilingual self on simultaneous language learners in China and assessed the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Zhou, Li; Xi, Yiheng; Lochtman, Katja – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
The present study aimed to explore the potential moderating effect of foreign language anxiety (FLA) on the relationship between second language (L2) competence and willingness to communicate (WTC) in 129 Chinese study-abroad English learners in Belgium. Descriptive analyses revealed fairly low levels of FLA and high levels of WTC of the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency, Classroom Communication
Qiu, Yixi; Zheng, Yongyan; Liu, Jiaqi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Drawing on neoliberal ideology as a theoretical lens, this study critically examines how neoliberal ideological assumptions shape the interpretation and implementation of TGUP (Top Global University Project) as an English-medium instruction (EMI) policy in the Japanese context at multiple levels of government, universities, and multilingual…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Criticism
Li, Chengchen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
The influence of (trait) emotional intelligence (TEI) on academic achievement has been documented in literature, while its influence in the specific domain of L2 learning remains underexplored. The link between EI and negative emotions especially anxiety has been studied in different contexts including applied linguistics. However, it remains…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Positive Attitudes, Personality Traits, Emotional Intelligence
Wu, Xi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
In recent years, increasing numbers of Chinese international secondary school students have come to study in Canada. Upon arriving in their international context, their academic studies are influenced by socio-economic and cultural forces circulating between the home and host spaces of China and Canada. This paper delves into the economic,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Neoliberalism, Ethnography, Foreign Students
Li, Xiangdong – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
With increasing arguments and evidence suggesting its benefits, First Language (L1) use (including translation exercise) is experiencing a resurrection in Second Language or Foreign Language (SL/FL) classrooms. One form of L1 use is composing comparable and parallel texts, which can be an important pedagogical resource but which has received…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Reaction, Comparative Analysis, Questionnaires
Ning, Ruochen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
Social networks have been investigated as an important factor to understand social and language innovations for decades. Most researchers focus on one-language-dominated societies when studying social networks' influence on language practice while studies on bilingual societies remain scarce. In this study, we examine how Chinese graduate students…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Social Networks, Asians
Yang, Miaoyan; Zezhen, Jiayong; Yuan, Zhenjie; Yue, Dan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
This paper explores the complexities behind the educational decisions of Tibetan parents on sending their children to the interior cities for dislocated secondary education. Drawing on qualitative data through multiple methods, we find that their educational decisions are driven both by a rational calculation of the benefits and costs and by a…
Descriptors: Parent Aspiration, Parent Attitudes, Secondary Education, Decision Making
Gao, Xuesong – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
This paper reports on a study that analysed the ideological framing of "Chinese dialects" or "regional Chinese varieties" in the mainland China's state print media reports of "dialect crisis" and the associated efforts to sustain the use of these "dialects" from 2002 to 2012. The analysis revealed that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dialects, Chinese, Language Usage