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Long-Term Impacts of L1 Language Skills on L2 Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Language Aptitude and L2 Achievement
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Richard L. Sparks; Abdullah Alamer – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Although researchers have found strong relationships between first language (L1) skills and second language (L2) anxiety, less is known about how L1 skills in primary school impact L2 anxiety years after L1 has been acquired. Previous research lacked evidence for the mediating role of L2 aptitude and L2 achievement in the relationship. This study…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Elementary School Students
How Teacher Behaviour Shapes Foreign Language Learners' Enjoyment, Anxiety and Attitudes/Motivation: A Mixed Modelling Longitudinal Investigation
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Jean-Marc Dewaele; Kazuya Saito; Florentina Halimi – Language Teaching Research, 2025
The current study investigates how foreign language enjoyment (FLE), foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) and attitude/motivation (AM) of 360 learners of English, German, French and Spanish in a Kuwaiti university was shaped over the course of one semester by three teacher behaviours: frequency of using the foreign language (FL) in class,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Anxiety, English (Second Language)
Foreign Language Anxiety and Achievement: A Study of Primary School Students Learning English in China
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Xiaoyi Hu; Xian Zhang; Sarah McGeown – Language Teaching Research, 2024
The present study sought to understand the nature and level of foreign language (FL) anxiety among primary school students and the relationship between FL anxiety and FL achievement. Changes in FL anxiety across groups of three primary school years were also examined. A total of 631 (324 male, 307 female) primary school students aged 9-11 years…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Anxiety, Likert Scales, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Emic Perspectives on Young Danish Learners' Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety
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Katalin Fenyvesi – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This study explores what young Danish learners found anxiety-provoking or difficult in their English as a foreign language (EFL) classes. Participants (n = 32) were early and later starters (ages 8 years vs. 10 years) at two primary schools where children were not assessed in English. The qualitative inquiry aimed to examine what differences…
Descriptors: Grade 9, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
A Longitudinal Study of Foreign Language Anxiety and Enjoyment
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Pan, Chunmei; Zhang, Xian – Language Teaching Research, 2023
The present longitudinal study investigated the changes of FLE (foreign language enjoyment) and FLA (foreign language anxiety) over time in the foreign language classroom and their relationship with foreign language learning motivation and learners' personality traits. Fifty-five college students completed an FLE/FLA questionnaire after English…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Personality Traits, Anxiety
The Effects of Teaching Songs during Foreign Language Classes on Students' Foreign Language Anxiety
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Dolean, Dacian Dorin – Language Teaching Research, 2016
Foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) has been the subject of several studies aimed to optimize learning of a foreign language in the classroom. However, few studies provide specific curriculum-based methodological strategies to be used in the classroom in order to lower the anxiety level. In this article, two experimental classes of 8th-grade…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety, Communication (Thought Transfer)