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Majid Elahi Shirvan; Tahereh Taherian; Elham Yazdanmehr – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In an attempt to measure the dynamic features of foreign language enjoyment (FLE), we adopted a longitudinal confirmatory factor analysis-curve of factors model (LCFA-CFM) approach to substantiate the validity of the original FLE scale (Dewaele and MacIntyre [(2014. "The Two Faces of Janus? Anxiety and Enjoyment in the Foreign Language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learner Engagement, Learning Motivation
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Seyed Ehsan Mousavian Rad; Ali Roohani; Azizullah Mirzaei – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Given the significance of boredom and its detrimental effects on the English as a foreign language (EFL) students' academic achievements, this study utilised an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design to initially explore the boredom factors in EFL classes among a sample of 139 university students and then develop and validate the Precursors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Psychological Patterns
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Barry Bai; Youyan Nie; Ai Noi Lee – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
The present study examined the relations between three motivational variables, i.e. academic self-efficacy, task importance, and interest with three types of learning behaviours, i.e. class engagement, metacognitive self-regulation, and avoidance coping with 1954 secondary students in Singapore. Positive correlations were found between the three…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Khajavy, Gholam Hassan; Ghonsooly, Behzad – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
The aim of the present study is twofold. First, it tests a model of willingness to read (WTR) based on L2 motivation and communication confidence (communication anxiety and perceived communicative competence). Second, it applies the recent theory of L2 motivation proposed by Dörnyei [2005. "The Psychology of Language Learner: Individual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Nonmajors, Second Language Learning
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Bernardo, Aránzazu; Amérigo, María; García, Juan A. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
This paper presents a study on the use of learning strategies in foreign languages, and more specifically Spanish. The study was conducted with 376 Chinese and American students who were studying Spanish in their countries of origin. The results obtained from a latent class cluster analysis identified five groups of participants based on the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, Spanish, Second Language Instruction
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Yeh, Yu-Ching; Ho, Hsiang-Ju; Chen, Ming-Chung – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
In 2011, the Taiwanese Government began a campaign to encourage new immigrants to teach their native languages (heritage languages) to their children. However, these heritage languages are seldom used in cross-national families and the effectiveness of formal heritage language courses in Taiwan has yet to be explored. The present study examines…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Native Language Instruction, Vietnamese, Foreign Countries