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Direct linkNourollah Zarrinabadi; Masoumeh Soleimani – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
This study examined the role of positive and negative feedback on goal commitment and energy investment among English as a foreign language learners who experienced directed motivational currents (DMCs). To this purpose, a systematic methodology was used to identify language learners with a DMC experience (six students, four females, two males,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement
Aubrey, Scott; King, Jim; Almukhaild, Haydab – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2022
Learner engagement is crucial for ensuring the quality of learning experiences, and yet the study of 'task engagement' has received relatively little empirical attention in the language education domain. This article reports on a study exploring the factors contributing to learners' engagement and disengagement during task performance in an…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Time on Task, English (Second Language), College Students
Balasubramanian, Chandrika; Al-Mahrooqi, Rahma – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2016
The field of English Language Teaching (ELT) has long sought to identify traits of good language learners, in an effort to teach these traits to less successful language learners (Rubin, 1975). Emotional Intelligence has recently come to the forefront of research on language learning and teaching, and is now increasingly recognized as an important…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Tajeddin, Zia; Moghadam, Amir Zand – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2012
The aim of this pioneering study was to define and describe motivation for the acquisition of interlanguage pragmatic competence. Interlanguage pragmatic motivation was investigated from two perspectives: (1) general pragmatic motivation, displaying L2 learners' motivation to acquire pragmatic strategies, pragmatic routines, politeness strategies,…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Familiarity, Interlanguage, Speech Acts
Mohebi, Sanaz Ghobadi; Khodadady, Ebrahim – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2011
The aim of the study is to investigate beliefs students usually held about language learning, based on the Beliefs About Language Learning Inventory (BALLI) questionnaire (Horwitz, 1988). For this purpose, 423 University learners of English in Iran were selected. Running descriptive statistics and the scree plot test, five factors were extracted:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes
Bradford, Annette – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2007
This study explores Indonesian university students' motivational orientations toward learning English as a foreign language. 168 students responded to a questionnaire concerning their reasons for choosing to study English. Factor analysis of the data revealed 11 independent orientations. This supports discourse arguing for a multi-factorial view…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Student Motivation
