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Mindsets Matter for Linguistic Minority Students: Growth Mindsets Foster Greater Perceived Proficiency, Especially for Newcomers
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Lou, Nigel Mantou; Noels, Kimberly A. – Modern Language Journal, 2020
Growth language mindsets (i.e., beliefs that language ability can be improved) are found to sustain learners' motivation and resilience in challenging situations. Considering that migrants who are speakers of languages other than the dominant ones often face challenging daily communications, we examined important but understudied questions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Foreign Students, Student Attitudes