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Mills, Nicole; Pajares, Frank; Herron, Carol – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
Research findings from several academic domains have demonstrated that students' judgments of their own academic capabilities, or self-efficacy beliefs, influence their academic behaviors and performances. Absent from this body of research are studies assessing self-efficacy beliefs and their relation to foreign language proficiency. Informed by…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Language Proficiency, French, Anxiety
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Allen, Heather Willis; Herron, Carol – Foreign Language Annals, 2003
Investigated linguistic and affective outcomes of summer study abroad participation by 25 college French students. Sought to determine if significant changes occurred in two linguistic factors--oral and listening French skills--and two affective factors--integrative motivation and language anxiety after study abroad. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Apprehension, French, Higher Education