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Ersanli, Ceylan Yangin; Ünal, Tugba – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
There has been a rise of interest in mindfulness and its effects on the educational context during the last several decades. The research study aims to investigate the effects of mindfulness training on EFL students' level of speaking anxiety, willingness to speak in the target language, and their levels of mindfulness awareness. The perceptions…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, Metacognition
Morgan, William Justin – ProQuest LLC, 2019
A large body of research in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) is dedicated to the effects of individual differences among language learners. One commonly studied factor is self-efficacy, and its related subcomponents of foreign language anxiety and second language (L2) motivation. However, specific pedagogical interventions to either enhance or…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
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Yelgeç, Nihal; Dagyar, Miray – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2020
This study aims to investigate the impact of metacognitive awareness and self-efficacy beliefs of middle school students on their level of foreign language learning anxiety by using structural equation modelling. A total of 285 7th and 8th grade students from a middle school in Turkey during the 2018-2019 academic year were included in the study.…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Middle School Students, Metacognition, Self Efficacy
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Karim Sadeghi; Neda Bakhshi – International Journal of Language Testing, 2025
Assessing language skills in an integrative form has drawn the attention of assessment experts in recent years. While some research data exists on integrative listening/reading-to-write assessment, there is comparatively little research literature on listening-to-speak integrated assessment. Also, little attention has been devoted to the role of…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Computer Assisted Testing
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Wilang, Jeffrey Dawala; Duy, Thanh Vo – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2021
This paper reinforces the importance of third language acquisition research in a multilingual context focusing on language experience, vocabulary learning strategies, emotional self-regulation strategies, and language anxiety. This study explored three languages: Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese, to know if there are significant relationships…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Universities
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Toyama, Michiko; Yamazaki, Yoshitaka – Language Learning Journal, 2021
This study examined the effect of anxiety reduction sessions conducted in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms. EFL anxiety reduction sessions were developed based on two assumptions derived from a rational emotive therapy approach. The sessions consisted of three methods: (a) cognitive-affective talk, (b) reflective self-talk, and (c)…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Comparative Analysis
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Lin, Hao-Chiang Koong; Chao, Ching-Ju; Huang, Tsu-Ching – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015
According to Krashen's affective filter hypothesis, students who are highly motivated have their self-consciousness. When they enter a learning context with a low level of anxiety, they are much more likely to become successful language acquirers than those who do not. Affective factors such as motivation, attitude, and anxiety, have a direct…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Tutoring, Second Language Learning, College Students
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