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Teaching Japanese: Consideration of Learners' Affective Variables.

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Samimy, Keiko Komiya – Theory into Practice, 1994

Responding to foreign language learners' affective needs may help enhance learners' success in Japanese. American students face many linguistic and psychological barriers when learning Japanese. The article examines such affective variables as anxiety, risk taking, and motivation as significant contributing factors for differential success in…

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Classroom Environment, Higher Education

Making Boys Make Progress.

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Harris, Vee – Language Learning Journal, 1998

Offering boys greater choice over what they learn may help address their underachievement in modern languages. However, they may not profit from this unless they are given explicit guidelines regarding how to go about their learning. The article discusses the effects of social and educational contexts, student motivation, learning strategies,…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Males