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Hsiao, Tsung-Yuan; Tseng, Wen-Ta – SAGE Open, 2022
Researchers have agreed that language anxiety is situation-specific; however, whether existing instruments measure stable or transient components of this anxiety remains controversial. Therefore, this study examined language anxiety's trait stability and state variability. The results from synthesizing 21 test-retest correlations based on existing…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Research
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Li, Hong; Gan, Zhengdong; Leung, Shing On; An, Zhujun – SAGE Open, 2022
This study investigated the effect of explicit reading strategy instruction on reading comprehension, reading strategy use, reading motivation, and reading self-efficacy in Chinese university EFL learners. A total of 117 first-year university students were randomly assigned to either the experimental group or the control group. Students in the…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods
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Sabti, Ahmed Abdulateef; Md Rashid, Sabariah; Nimehchisalem, Vahid; Darmi, Ramiza – SAGE Open, 2019
Previous studies have examined learner factors such as anxiety, self-efficacy, and achievement motivation in ESL/EFL (English as a second language/English as a foreign language) writing. Studies have affirmed that self-efficacy and achievement motivation could enhance writing performance, whereas anxiety may hinder writing achievement. This study…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Writing Achievement, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries
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Lee, Sunjung – SAGE Open, 2020
This study examined the simultaneous effects of L2 individual difference (ID) variables (aptitude, motivation, strategy use, language processing experience, and gender) on English as a foreign language (EFL) breadth and depth of L2 vocabulary knowledge of 492 Korean university-level learners. Independent variable measures included the: (1) Korean…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Structural Equation Models