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Garrido, Margarida V.; Prada, Marília – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
Extant research has compared the processing of affectively laden words between L1 and L2. However, most studies used verbal stimuli that were validated for a single language or for both languages but using independent samples. We systematically compared ratings of valence, emotional intensity and subjective familiarity of negative, neutral,…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Portuguese
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Ferrada, Juan Sebastián; Bucholtz, Mary; Corella, Meghan – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2020
Although hegemonic approaches to education privilege rationality as the sole legitimate form of knowledge production and consumption, research on emotion in socially transformative learning demonstrates that it is only through affective investment that intellectual engagement takes place and leads to social change. Hence, the agentive action of…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes, Racial Bias, Ethnicity
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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
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Degner, Juliane; Doycheva, Cveta; Wentura, Dirk – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2012
We report the results of an affective priming study conducted with proficient sequential German and French bilinguals to assess automatic affective word processing in L1 and L2. Additionally, a semantic priming task was conducted in both languages. Whereas semantic priming effects occurred in L1 and L2, and significant affective priming effects…
Descriptors: Priming, Semantics, Language Processing, Native Language
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Rost, Michael – International Journal of Listening, 2014
Research into language acquisition and oral language use was examined in order to identify key factors that contribute to the successful acquisition of second language (L2) listening ability. The factors were grouped into three major domains: affective, cognitive, and interpersonal. It is claimed that in each domain, proficient L2 listeners have…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Psychology
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Showstack, Rachel E. – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2015
This case study examined how one instructor navigated between two competing discourses in an intermediate Spanish heritage language (HL) classroom: on the one hand, teaching "Standard Spanish" to help students achieve professional success, and legitimizing home linguistic practices on the other. In addition to expressing both…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Spanish, Native Language Instruction, Second Language Instruction
Jung, Youngok – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examined mother-child book reading of immigrant, low-income Latino families in family literacy programs. A total of 92 Latino children (4 to 5 years old) and their mothers were observed reading a book together. The affective quality of mother-child behaviors and the type of maternal talk occurred during book reading were coded. During…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Mothers, Family Literacy, Reading Aloud to Others
Pang, Lan-Sze – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of the study was to gain an in-depth understanding of the emotional expression in the narration of autobiographical stories of Chinese international students in their respective languages (i.e., Mandarin and English). It addressed the methodological limitations of previous research on bilinguals' emotional expression and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Interviews, Memory, Foreign Countries
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Pavlenko, Aneta – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2004
The goal of this paper is to discuss the role of emotion-related factors in language choice in bi- and multilingual families. Most of the time, factors other than emotions govern language choice and use in such families, among them language dominance, social context and linguistic competence of the interlocutors. However, quantitative and…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Language Dominance, Multilingualism, Social Environment
Alexander, Richard – 1979
This theoretical study of second language learning is divided into eight sections: (1) "Elements of a Theory of Second Language Learning," (2) "Second Language Learning in the Light of Neurophysiological Findings," (3) "Cognitive Strategies in the Second Language Learning Process," (4) "On Accounting for the Role Played by Affective Factors in…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences
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Hansen, Sven-Erik – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1987
The conditions of the development and the present status of the mother tongue in the Finland-Swedish compulsory school are discussed from an investigation under progress. The aims, contents, and methods are examined from both cognitive and affective points of view in the curricula that have governed teaching in the compulsory school. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Dialects