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Direct linkBotes, Elouise; van der Westhuizen, Lindie; Dewaele, Jean-Marc; MacIntyre, Peter; Greiff, Samuel – Applied Linguistics, 2022
Foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) is a popular construct in applied linguistics research, traditionally measured with the 33-item Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). However, recent studies have started utilizing the eight-item Short-Form FLCAS (S-FLCAS). There is therefore a need, which this study addressed in five…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Measures (Individuals)
Amenta, Simona; Badan, Linda; Brysbaert, Marc – Applied Linguistics, 2021
In language and second language acquisition research, it is important to have a measure for tracking the proficiency level of participants. Lexical competence is fundamental for communicative purposes in a given language, and vocabulary tests are a reliable measure to assess lexical proficiency. That is why vocabulary tests have a central role in…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Italian, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
O'Reilly, David; Marsden, Emma – Applied Linguistics, 2021
In 1988 and 2006, "Applied Linguistics" published Low's and Littlemore and Low's seminal theoretical accounts of second language (L2) metaphoric competence (MC). Meanwhile, attempts to elicit metaphor-related skills/competences have been mixed. Instrumentation has varied in reliability, been limited in scope, and used arguably flawed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Figurative Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Factor Analysis
