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Direct linkPfenninger, Simone E.; Singleton, David – Language Learning, 2019
Despite contrary research findings, many laypeople still claim that starting second language (L2) instruction early yields linguistic advantages. This assertion is again undermined by a 5-year longitudinal study conducted in Switzerland testing the English language skills of 636 secondary-school students who had all learned Standard German and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Secondary School Students
Kozaki, Yoko; Ross, Steven J. – Language Learning, 2011
Learning context has increasingly been postulated to exert an influence on the dynamics of individual differences in language learning. In a longitudinal design that tested the proficiency gains of 1,682 learners over a 2-year foreign language program, a multilevel modeling approach was deployed in this study to account for variation in second…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Individual Differences, Context Effect
Coventry, William; Anton-Mendez, Ines; Ellis, Elizabeth M.; Levisen, Christina; Byrne, Brian; van Daal, Victor H. P.; Ellis, Nick C. – Language Learning, 2012
We present one of the first behavior-genetic studies of individual differences in school students' levels of achievement in instructed second language acquisition (ISLA). We assessed these language abilities in Australian twin pairs (maximum N pairs = 251) by means of teacher ratings, class rankings, and self-ratings of proficiency, and used the…
Descriptors: Twins, Second Language Learning, Genetics, Etiology
Papi, Mostafa; Abdollahzadeh, Esmaeel – Language Learning, 2012
The present study aims to provide observational evidence on the relationship between teachers' use of motivational strategies and students' motivated behavior in the English as a foreign language (EFL) context of Iran. To this end, 741 male learners of English from 26 secondary school classes taught by 17 teachers participated in the study. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Observation, Motivation Techniques, Academic Achievement
Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Petrides, K. V.; Furnham, Adrian – Language Learning, 2008
This study considered the effects of trait emotional intelligence (trait EI; Petrides & Mavroveli, 2007) and sociobiographical variables (age, gender, education level, number of languages known, age of onset of acquisition, context of acquisition, frequency of use, socialization, network of interlocutors, self-perceived proficiency) on…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Socialization, Second Languages, Multilingualism
Peer reviewedClement, Richard; Kruidenier, Bastian G. – Language Learning, 1983
A study attempting to disambiguate earlier research on personality orientations and second language learning assessed the influence of ethnicity (English v. French), milieu (unicultural v. multicultural), and target second language (French, English, or Spanish) on the emergence of eighth graders' orientations toward the second language learning…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment, English, Ethnicity
