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Download full textDaif-Allah, Ayman Sabry; Aljumah, Fahad Hamad – English Language Teaching, 2020
This paper analyzes and determines the various orientations of 247 Saudi male and female university students for learning English. The descriptive and correlational approaches were used to investigate the participants' motivations. The researchers adapted questionnaires available from the literature to quantitatively collect data. The results show…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Learning Motivation
Ahmad, Iftikhar – English Language Teaching, 2018
While much has been written about teacher cognition in grammar teaching, research investigating non-native English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher cognition in grammar teaching remains limited. This study intends to investigate non-native EFL teacher cognition in teaching grammar to university students in the Saudi Arabian context. More…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Inada, Takako – English Language Teaching, 2022
This study investigated the factors, such as students' foreign language enjoyment, their foreign language classroom anxiety, the teacher's language choice (English-only instruction versus English instruction with limited legitimate Japanese support), and demographics that affect improvement in English proficiency in EFL communicative classes.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Language Proficiency, Outcomes of Education, Second Language Learning
Long, Robert W., III. – English Language Teaching, 2018
For many sociolinguists, the issue of shyness and hesitation phenomenon has been problematic for Japanese L1 and L2 speakers, particularly in gendered interactions. Over the past decade, more Japanese are shunning conversations, relationships, and isolating themselves, which is accelerating the demographic crisis in Japan. Thus, this paper focuses…
Descriptors: Japanese, Syntax, Shyness, Interpersonal Communication
Mohammadzadeh, Afsaneh; Jafarigohar, Manoochehr – English Language Teaching, 2012
The present study was conducted to examine the existence of any possible relationship between willingness to communicate (WTC) and multiple intelligences (MI) among over 500 EFL learners. The study also investigated the effect of gender on the relationship between these two constructs. The data for the research were gathered using a three-part…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Communication (Thought Transfer), Multiple Intelligences
Daif-Allah, Ayman Sabry – English Language Teaching, 2012
Learners' beliefs about foreign language learning have been stressed in educational research because they are regarded as fundamental to learners' progress (e.g. Altan, 2012; Russell, 2009; Rieger, 2009; Kormos & Csizér, 2008;). This paper deals with the results of a research project conducted among first-year English language majors studying…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
