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Contextualizing Attitudes toward Pronunciation: Foreign Language Learners in the United States
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Huensch, Amanda; Thompson, Amy S. – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
While previous work has shown a relationship between pronunciation attitudes and pronunciation performance, the connection between language learning motivation and pronunciation attitudes has been underexplored. This study investigated the relationship between 195 foreign language learners' attitudes toward pronunciation, the foreign languages…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Pronunciation, Factor Analysis, Native Speakers
The Relationship between Global Competence and Language Learning Motivation: An Empirical Study in Critical Language Classrooms
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Semaan, Gaby; Yamazaki, Kasumi – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
This article examines the relationship between global competence and second language learning motivation in critical language classrooms. Data were collected from 137 participants who were studying critical languages (Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Persian) at two universities on the East and West Coasts of the United States, using a 30-item…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Semitic Languages
Attitudes toward Task-Based Language Learning: A Study of College Korean Language Learners
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Pyun, Danielle Ooyoung – Foreign Language Annals, 2013
This study explores second/foreign language (L2) learners' attitudes toward task-based language learning (TBLL) and how these attitudes relate to selected learner variables, namely anxiety, integrated motivation, instrumental motivation, and self-efficacy. Ninety-one college students of Korean as a foreign language, who received task-based…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Anxiety