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Download full textLuis F. Cisneros – HOW, 2024
Learning a foreign language incorporates cognitive, communicative, emotional, and social aspects. Some of these aspects have to do with the structure of the language being studied; some others deal with social and psychological issues that influence the environment where the learning process takes place. This reflection paper addresses various…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Learning Processes, Psychological Patterns
Direct linkMiller, Zachary F.; Godfroid, Aline – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
We investigated how positive, negative, and neutral mood states influence aspects of second language acquisition, either directly or in interaction with certain personality characteristics (openness, intuition, emotional intelligence, foreign language anxiety, and impulsivity). After completing individual differences questionnaires, 120…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Second Language Learning, Individual Differences, Personality Traits
Fatima, Irum; Ismail, Shaik Abdul Malik Mohamed; Pathan, Zahid Hussain; Memon, Ubedullah – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
In learning English as a foreign language (EFL), classroom is a primary source where learners find opportunities to make communication in the English language and enhance their L2 WTC and L2 communicative abilities. Keeping in view the pivotal importance of classroom environment in shaping EFL learners' WTC, the present research unravels the…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Anxiety, Speech Communication, Extraversion Introversion
Washington, Dora Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study explored the learning experiences of higher education students who suffered childhood trauma (CT). Eleven participants both undergraduate and graduate who attended a Midwestern university self-identified as CT survivors. There was research on the negative impact of CT on learning in children and adolescents, as well as posttraumatic…
Descriptors: Trauma, Learning Experience, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students
Flett, Gordon L.; Hewitt, Paul L.; Su, Chang; Flett, Kathleen D. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2016
The pressures inherent in trying to be perfect can undermine learning and exacerbate anxiety in certain students. In the current article, we review existing research and theory on the role of perfectionism in language learning anxiety and performance deficits. Our analysis highlights the complexities inherent in the perfectionism construct,…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Language Acquisition, Interpersonal Relationship, Anxiety
Baran-Lucarz, Malgorzata, Ed.; Czura, Anna, Ed.; Jedynak, Malgorzata, Ed.; Klimas, Anna, Ed.; Slowik-Krogulec, Agata, Ed. – English Language Education, 2023
This edited volume offers an insightful theoretical conceptualization of issues central to 21st century foreign language learning and teaching. Drawing on research results obtained in the fields of pedagogy, social psychology and sociology of education, this book provides a comprehensive practical exploration of issues experienced by researchers…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
Randler, Christoph; Horzum, Mehmet Baris; Vollmer, Christian – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
There are many studies related to distance learning. Willingness and anxiety are important variables for distance learning. Recent research has shown that anxiety and willingness towards distance learning are moderated by personality. This study sought to investigate whether distance learning willingness and distance learning anxiety are…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Distance Education, Scores, Questionnaires
Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2021, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.), that this year has been converted into a fully Virtual Conference as a result of the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic.…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
Behnke, Ralph R.; Sawyer, Chris R. – Communication Education, 2004
In the present study, it was hypothesized that (1) changes in (1) state anxiety from rest to the beginning of a speech (sensitization), in (2) changes in state anxiety during the first minute of the speech presentation (habituation 1), and in (3) state anxiety during the last minute of the speech presentation (habituation 2) are all significant…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Classroom Techniques, Public Speaking, Habituation
Hungerman, Ann; Schwertfeger, Jane – 1985
The relationship between personal development and mastery of instructional skills in a preservice teacher education program was studied. The sample of 80 students were in elementary, early childhood, and special education programs. Questions posed were: (1) How well do the personal development instruments describe the students? (2) Are there…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Higher Education, Individual Development
Shoda, Yuichi; Smith, Ronald E. – Behavior Therapy, 2004
This article outlines a conceptualization of personality as a cognitive-affective processing system (CAPS) and explores its implications for understanding disorders and pursuing therapeutic change. The CAPS conception of personality was proposed in 1995 in order to resolve a long-standing paradox in personality and social psychology, namely, the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Personality Traits, Learning Processes, Social Psychology
Preiss, Raymond W.; Rindo, John – 1985
This paper discusses receiver apprehension, an information processing syndrome, in the context of counterattitudinal advocacy. Receiver apprehension was conceptualized as a trait anxiety associated with misinterpreting, inadequately processing, and/or being unable to adjust to incoming messages. This processing anxiety suggested cognitive rigidity…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Anxiety, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
Radnofsky, Mary L.; Spielmann, Guy – 1995
A study of second language learning processes had three goals: to establish a grounded theory on the role of tension, both euphoric and dysphoric, in the formal language learning process; to provide a comprehensive ethnography of the 7-week intensive beginners' class in the French School of Middlebury College (Vermont); and to demonstrate how a…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Second Language Programs, College Students, Coping
