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Dörnyei, Zoltán; Chan, Letty – Language Learning, 2013
Recent theorizing on second language (L2) motivation has proposed viewing motivation as a function of the language learners' vision of their desired future language selves. This would suggest that the intensity of motivation is partly dependent on the learners' capability to generate mental imagery. In order to test this hypothesis, this study…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Questionnaires, Surveys, Mandarin Chinese
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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
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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