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Myhre, Tone Stuler; Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Fiskum, Tove Anita; Holand, Anna Marie – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Purpose: The aim of this study is to explore how outdoor education can influence foreign language anxiety (FLA) and foreign language enjoyment (FLE) when young teenagers are learning a foreign language (FL). We applied a dynamic perspective to investigate if using English in an outdoor context would reduce FLA and boost FLE, leading to a stronger…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Outdoor Education, Anxiety
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Mehmet Sercan Uztosun; Muhammed Kök – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Purpose: The present study has three objectives: (1) to explore whether there are statistically significant relationships between Extramural English (EE) engagement, second/additional language (L2) anxiety and communication apprehension, (2) to investigate whether EE engagement predicts these two constructs, and (3) to reveal possible predictive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Zarrinabadi, Nourollah; Lou, Nigel Mantou; Darvishnezhad, Zeinab – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This study examined the effects of praise for intelligence and praise for effort on Iranian EFL learners' language mindsets, perceived communication competence, speaking anxiety, and willingness to communicate (WTC). The students in three English classes (N = 63, all junior high school students) in a private language institute filled in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Positive Reinforcement, Ability, Anxiety
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Rassaei, Ehsan – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
The study reported in this paper explored if learners' perceptions of two types of oral corrective feedback, recasts, and metalinguistic feedback, are influenced by their foreign language anxiety in classrooms. Corrective feedback was provided to English as a foreign language (EFL) learners who were homogeneous with regard to their proficiency…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Questionnaires, Anxiety
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Alrabai, Fakieh – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
This quasi-experimental study investigated the effects on learner anxiety of anxiety-reducing strategies utilized by English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in Saudi Arabia. The study was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, sources of foreign language (FL) anxiety for Saudi learners of English (N = 596) were identified using The…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety