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Xinjie Chen; Amado M. Padilla; Xitao Fan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Using a positive psychological framework, Broaden-and-Build Theory, we investigated whether and how positive and negative emotions (affective factors) and cognitive flexibility are related to flourishing. Participants are 151 bilingual adults from diverse backgrounds enrolled in a local community college. Results showed that both positive and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Psychological Patterns, Community College Students, Cognitive Ability
Wen Xu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The growth of the Chinese language in African countries and African students' consequent flocking into Chinese higher education are both emergent phenomena. This partly explains the lack of empirical research on this body of student migrants and their Chinese language learning. This paper applies Watkins' theorisation on pedagogic affect to…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Students
Julia de Bres; Veronika Lovrits – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This article uses reflective drawing to explore representations of multilingualism by Anglophone migrants in Luxembourg. Analysing twelve interviews in which participants drew and described their language experiences, we examine the language ideologies Anglophone migrants adopt in response to the ideologies of English they encounter. Participants…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, Multilingualism, Stereotypes, Language Attitudes
Mei-Ya Liang – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This article examines linguaculturally diverse university students' affective translingual practices of using emojis and languages in computer-mediated communication. Research studies have investigated the sociopragmatic uses of emojis from the perspectives of social semiotics, language socialisation, and translingual practices. This study expands…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Computer Mediated Communication, Semiotics, Socialization
Panicacci, Alessandra; Dewaele, Jean-Marc – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
A majority of multilinguals report feeling different when switching languages [Dewaele, J.-M. (2016). "Why do So Many Bi- and Multilinguals Feel Different When Switching Languages?" "International Journal of Multilingualism" 13 (1): 92-105; Panicacci, A., and J.-M. Dewaele. (2017). "'A Voice from Elsewhere': Acculturation,…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Code Switching (Language), Statistical Analysis, Italian
Feng, Anwei; Adamson, Bob – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
In mainland China, most ethnic minority students today face the challenge of learning three languages in schools, namely, their home language (L1), Mandarin Chinese (L2) and a foreign language, usually English (L3). Research into trilingual education for minority groups has been most active since the turn of the twenty-first century. This paper…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Language Planning, Foreign Countries, Multilingualism
Gan, Zhengdong – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2013
Compared with reading, writing and listening, there has been a paucity of empirical data documenting learners' experiences of speaking English as a second language (ESL) or English as a foreign language (EFL) in different learning contexts in spite of the fact that developing the ability to speak in a second or foreign language is widely…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis, Reading Skills
Yu, Baohua – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2010
The objectives of this study are to investigate the interrelationships of a number of affective variables related to studying Chinese as a second language (L2); to examine the relationships between affective variables in second language acquisition (SLA) and the indices of adaptation; and thirdly, to assess the changes over time in the attitudes…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Role, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation

Tannenbaum, Michal; Howie, Pauline – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2002
Investigated the relevance of emotional and familial factors to language maintenance in immigrant families. Information on the family relations of 40 children from Chinese-speaking immigrant families in Sydney, Australia. Analysis revealed that children likely to use their parents' mother tongue were those who perceived their family to be more…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Chinese, Family Influence, Family Relationship
Rajagopalan, Kanavillil – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2004
The objective of this paper is to make a case for the claim that exclusive focus on the rational has only helped isolate linguists and prevented them from having a say on important political issues relating to language. One important feature of the ordinary person's view of and involvement with language is that emotions play an important role in…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Political Issues, Foreign Countries, Role
Fukuchi, Naoko Tani; Sakamoto, Robin – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2005
As learner-centred approaches are gaining popularity in many language classrooms, the affective dimensions of learners and the interaction effects of learners and teachers have become an important theme for research and assessment. This paper explores how Japanese learners of English as a foreign language evolve in two geographically distinct…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Figurative Language, Foreign Countries, Teaching Experience