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Download full textDikmen, Melih – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2021
The relationship between foreign language anxiety (FLA) and English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' performance is constantly being examined through experimental and theoretical studies. The aim of this study is to examine the association between FLA and EFL performance through meta-analysis. As a result of an extensive literature review, 69…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Test Anxiety, Language Skills
Direct linkCheng, Junyu; Matthews, Joshua – Language Testing, 2018
This study explores the constructs that underpin three different measures of vocabulary knowledge and investigates the degree to which these three measures correlate with, and are able to predict, measures of second language (L2) listening and reading. Word frequency structured vocabulary tests tapping "receptive/orthographic (RecOrth)…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Correlation
Education Scotland, 2014
Education Scotland's publication, "External Quality Arrangements for Scotland's Colleges, Updated August 2013", specifies that HM Inspectors (HMI) will produce a number of subject aspect reports over the four-year period 2012-16. Colleges should act on the recommendations contained in these reports. College inspectors will monitor action…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Kroll, Barbara – 1978
Second language learning research suggests the existence of a theoretical device (a monitor) that can examine an utterance for grammaticality and appropriateness. The monitor theory gives insight into the process that native language speakers follow in learning to write their own language. The monitor can be developed consciously (learning) or…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, English Instruction, Higher Education, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedEly, Christopher M. – Language Learning, 1986
This study investigated a causal model of second language learning, in particular, three situation-specific constructs: language class discomfort, language class risktaking, and language class sociability. Findings indicate that discomfort negatively predicted risktaking and sociability, risktaking positively predicted participation, and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Research, Higher Education, Learning Motivation
Peer reviewedNelson, F. Howard; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1984
A structural equation model of second language acquisition for adult learners describing the relationships between latent variables representing sociocultural background, cognitive ability, functional language proficiency, cognitive language proficiency, attitudes, motivation, and instructional approach was evaluated. Data were drawn from a…
Descriptors: Adults, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Hispanic Americans
Peer reviewedIlyin, Donna; And Others – System, 1987
Analysis of the performance of 257 adult English-as-a-second-language students on six language tests (multiple choice, cloze, listening, reading, structure) indicated that age was a significant factor on listening and structure tests and high school graduation affected performance on all tests but one listening test. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Differences, Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedCourtney, Michael – ELT Journal, 1996
Discusses research findings in relation to oral communication tasks in English. The article concludes that, although direct linkage between task type, language output, and language acquisition has not been established, informed pedagogic choices can be made using the concepts of control of information and communication goal. (22 references)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classification, English (Second Language), Group Dynamics
Peer reviewedGanschow, Leonore; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
This comparison of 15 successful and 15 unsuccessful college foreign-language learners found significant intergroup differences in performance on the Modern Language Aptitude Test, tests of written and oral language in the syntactic and phonological domains, and math calculation. Results suggest that students with foreign language learning…
Descriptors: College Students, English, Handicap Identification, Higher Education
Peer reviewedChappelle, Carol; Jamieson, Joan – TESOL Quarterly, 1986
Reports on a study of the effectiveness of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in the acquisition of English as a second language by Arabic- and Spanish-speaking students in an intensive program. Examines two student variables--time spent using CALL lessons and attitude toward them--as well as four cognitive/affective characteristics.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education
Duran, Richard P.; And Others – 1985
The content characteristics of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) are examined from a communicative viewpoint, based on current theory in applied linguistics and language proficiency assessment. The study employed a four-part operational framework. The first component analyzed the communicative characteristics of a language…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Communicative Competence (Languages), Content Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests
Hosenfeld, Carol – 1975
The many dimensions of individual differences that make each learner a challenge to the foreign language teacher are discussed. The teacher must interpret the information and provide differentiated environments to "match" these differences. Emphasis is placed upon learning styles and learning strategies. An historical perspective of adapting…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Halff, Nancy F.; Frisbie, David A. – 1976
Because foreign language placement at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is based solely on College Entrance Examination Board Foreign Language Placement Test scores, first semester courses are composed of students with heterogeneous foreign language backgrounds. French 101 was chosen to study the relationship between two entering…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Language Programs
