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Pawlak, Miroslaw; Szyszka, Magdalena – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Disparate goals that learners might have in learning second or foreign language pronunciation and the scant classroom time that can be dedicated to teaching this target language subsystem dictate that learner autonomy is of vital importance in this case and adept use of pronunciation learning strategies (PLS) can be viewed as key to the…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Preferences
Gu, Peter Yongqi – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
This article reports on the updating and validation of a questionnaire for vocabulary learning strategies. An English as a second language (ESL) version of the "Vocabulary Learning Questionnaire" (VLQ), first published in Gu and Johnson (1996), was created based on its latest version. Two response formats were piloted, that is, a paper…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Alfawzan, Mateb – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Interest in the effect of positive and negative emotions in foreign language acquisition has soared recently because of the positive psychology movement (Dewaele & MacIntyre, 2014, 2016; MacIntyre, Gregersen & Mercer, 2016). No work so far has been carried out on the differential effect of positive and negative emotions on foreign language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Anxiety, English Language Learners
Jin, Yinxing; de Bot, Kees; Keijzer, Merel – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
Adopting a longitudinal design, this study investigates the effects of foreign language anxiety on foreign language proficiency over time within English and Japanese learning contexts. It also explores the stability of anxiety in English and Japanese over time and the stability of anxiety across English and Japanese. Chinese university students (N…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Language Proficiency, Japanese, Longitudinal Studies
Mystkowska-Wiertelak, Anna – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
The fact that L2 willingness to communicate (WTC) can fluctuate over different time scales is no longer disputed as numerous studies have proved a dynamic rather than trait-like character of the concept (cf. MacIntyre & Legatto, 2011; MacIntyre, Burns, & Jessome, 2011; Mystkowska-Wiertelak & Pawlak, 2014). The changes in the intensity…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Longitudinal Studies, Classroom Communication
Kálmán, Csaba; Eugenio, Esther Gutierrez – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
Attribution theory (Weiner, 1985) and self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985) have been explored as contributors to L2 motivation (cf. Dörnyei, 2001) but have never been studied quantitatively in concert. In addition, students' attributions for success in learning a foreign language have never been measured through the use of a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Self Determination, Learning Motivation, Statistical Analysis
Morris, Annie; Lafontaine, Marc; Pichette, François; de Serres, Linda – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
This study investigated the relationships between various affective variables and two measures of competence in English, for 190 South Korean high school students. A 55-item questionnaire was used to measure attitudes (Attitudes toward English Speakers and their Communities and Attitudes toward the English-speaking Culture), motivation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Affective Behavior, English (Second Language), Language Skills
Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Ip, Tsui Shan – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
Previous research has suggested that high levels of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) have a negative effect on foreign language learning (Horwitz, 2001; Lu & Liu, 2011) while moderate levels of Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity (SLTA) are believed to boost foreign language learning (Ely, 1995). There is prima facie evidence that…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Anxiety
Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Al-Saraj, Taghreed M. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
The present study focuses on the link between psychological, sociobiographical and linguistic variables and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety of 348 Arabic learners of English (250 females, 98 males). Data were collected using the Arabic Foreign Language Anxiety Questionnaire (AFLAQ; Al-Saraj, 2011, 2014) and an Arabic version of the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Environment, Arabs, English (Second Language)
Wach, Aleksandra – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012
This article examines the relevance of modern technology for the development of learner autonomy in the process of learning English as a foreign language. Computer-assisted language learning and computer-mediated communication (CMC) appear to be particularly conducive to fostering autonomous learning, as they naturally incorporate many elements of…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Independent Study, Personal Autonomy, English (Second Language)
Piniel, Katalin; Csizér, Kata – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
Our study describes the relationship of second language learning motivation, self-efficacy, and anxiety; that is, how motivation, cognition, and affect might interact during the process of second language learning. Questionnaire data were collected from 236 Hungarian students studying at various secondary schools. Structural equation modeling was…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Individual Differences, Self Efficacy, Questionnaires
Lockley, Thomas – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
Speaking self-perceived communication competence (SPCC) is a construct with many potential implications for foreign language learning, but one that has been little studied. SPCC itself is a major predictive factor in willingness to communicate, a construct which has been widely conceptualised and researched. This study (N = 103) used a repeated…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Accuracy, Language Proficiency
Piechurska-Kuciel, Ewa – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012
This paper analyzes the relationship between communication apprehension and language anxiety from the perspective of gender. As virtually no empirical studies have addressed the explicit influence of gender on language anxiety in communication apprehensives, this paper proposes that females are generally more sensitive to anxiety, as reflected in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
Morvay, Gabriella – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012
Via a variety of measurements, 64 Hungarian native speakers in the 12th grade learning English as a foreign language in Slovakia were tested in a cross-sectional correlational study in order to determine the relationship between the ability to process complex syntax and foreign language reading comprehension. The test instruments involved a…
Descriptors: Correlation, Second Language Learning, Syntax, Hungarian
Szyszka, Magdalena – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2011
In foreign language learning a negative correlation has been reported between language anxiety and both oral performance (Liu, 2006; Stephenson Wilson, 2006; Woodrow 2006) and self-perceived levels of speaking ability (Kitano, 2001; MacIntyre, Noels, & Clement, 1997; Piechurska-Kuciel, 2008). However, little is known about the relationship…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Anxiety, Pronunciation
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