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The Role of Intellectual Humility in Foreign Language Enjoyment and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety
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Moskowitz, Sharona; Dewaele, Jean-Marc – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2020
Intellectual humility (IH) involves a certain degree of selflessness and an accurate view of one's own worth and abilities. To date, IH has not been explicitly researched as a variable in the study of foreign language (FL) learning. The present mixed-methods study aims to explore possible links between FL learners' IH and their foreign language…
Descriptors: Role, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
Foreign Language Anxiety in Relation to Affective Variables: Learners of Korean as a Foreign Language in Australia
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Jee, Min Jung – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2018
This study investigated Korean-as-a-foreign-language (KFL) students' foreign language anxiety (FLA) in relation to five affective variables (i.e., unwillingness to communicate, classroom risk-taking, classroom sociability, motivation, and self-efficacy) as well as to self-rated Korean proficiency. One hundred and fifty-two KFL students who were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Korean, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
The Impacts of an Intensive English Camp on English Language Anxiety and Perceived English Competence in the Japanese EFL Context
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Noguchi, Tomoka – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2019
The purpose of this study is to explore how students' anxiety about learning English and their perception of their English communicative competence change through participating in a five-day English camp. Eighteen first-year university students majoring in English language and cultures participated in the camp. The participants were randomly…
Descriptors: Intensive Language Courses, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
An Exploration of Speaking-in-Class Anxiety with Chinese ESL Learners
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Mak, Barley – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2011
This article reports the findings of a study investigating factors contributing to the speaking-in-class anxiety of a group of 313 Chinese ESL first-year university students in Hong Kong. Results using the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) of Horwitz et al. reveal five factors leading to the group's speaking-in-class anxiety. The…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Negative Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
On the Relationship between Language Learning Strategies and Foreign Language Anxiety
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Noormohamadi, Rezvan – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2009
Previous research studies have shown language anxiety to be related with broad-based indices of language achievement, like course grade. However, to date, the potential link between foreign language anxiety and language learning strategies has not been empirically investigated. This study is an attempt to identify the relationship between language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), College Students