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Assessing Academic Writing Self-Efficacy Belief and Writing Performance in a Foreign Language Context
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Teng, Mark Feng; Wang, Chuang – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
The first purpose of this empirical study was to assess and validate the Academic Writing Self-Efficacy Belief Questionnaire (AWSEBQ) framed by social cognitive theory. The second purpose was to evaluate the predictive effects of different aspects of self-efficacy beliefs on academic writing performance. Data were collected from 743 learners at a…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Metacognition, Memory
The Din in the Head, Input, and the Language Acquisition Device.
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Krashen, Stephen D. – Foreign Language Annals, 1983
Involuntary mental rehearsal of foreign language words, sounds, and phrases is found consistent with current second language acquisition theory and case history reports. It is suggested the "din in the head" results from stimulation of the language acquisition device set off when the acquirer receives enough comprehensible input. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Memory, Retention (Psychology), Second Language Learning
Similarities and Differences Between Oral and Written Comprehension: An Imagist View.
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Stevick, Earl W. – Foreign Language Annals, 1984
Using "image" as a central concept, offers an interpretation of the similarities and differences between oral and written comprehension based on studies of both the associative and the generative properties of human memory. The practical consequences of this interpretation on second language teaching are listed. (SED)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Listening Comprehension, Memory, Reading Comprehension
Memory of Socially-Obtained Information versus Non-Socially-Obtained Information
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Adachi, Takanori – Foreign Language Annals, 2005
This study investigates whether "socialness" increases the memorability of newly acquired knowledge of a second language (L2). Three groups of beginning learners of Japanese learned 10 novel Japanese words through a Q & A session. Group 1 did the session with a human interactant and learned the novel words from him. Group 2 did the session alone…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Japanese, Memory, Interpersonal Communication
Language Learning Strategy Use: Perceptions of Female Arab English Majors
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Riazi, Abdolmehdi – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
This study investigated the patterns of language learning strategy use among 120 female Arabic-speaking students majoring in English at a university in Qatar. Perceptions of strategy use were measured by the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL, ESL/EFL Student Version). The study found that (1) this group of EFL learners featured medium…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Language Patterns, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries
Rate-Controlled Speech in Foreign Language Education.
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Etienne Flaherty, Sister – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Discusses the usefulness of the speech expander and the speech compressor in second language instruction, particularly as concerns the development of listening comprehension skills. (AM)
Descriptors: Educational Media, Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension, Memory
L2 Reading: An Update on Relevant L1 Research.
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Brown, Carol M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1998
First-language (L1) reading research has had a major impact on second language (L2) reading research. There was a substantial lag, however, before these L1 theories were adapted and proposed for L2 reading. This article introduces the L2 researcher to the relevant and current L1 test comprehension issues and theories to help close this gap.…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Memory