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Vanhove, Jan – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
I discuss three common practices that obfuscate or invalidate the statistical analysis of randomized controlled interventions in applied linguistics. These are (a) checking whether randomization produced groups that are balanced on a number of possibly relevant covariates, (b) using repeated measures ANOVA to analyze pretest-posttest designs, and…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Intervention, Applied Linguistics, Statistical Analysis
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Al-Hoorie, Ali H. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
This paper investigates the attitudinal/motivational predictors of second language (L2) academic achievement. Young adult learners of English as a foreign language (N = 311) completed several self-report measures and the Single-Target Implicit Association Test. Examination of the motivational profiles of high and low achievers revealed that…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Social Desirability, Predictor Variables
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Gkonou, Christina – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2011
The assumption that foreign language learners experience a high level of anxiety mainly when faced with speaking activities implies that research should focus on those learners prone to anxiety over that skill. Despite not being widely investigated, foreign language writing anxiety also seems to be a concern for a large number of students. Drawing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Anxiety, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)