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Rezazadeh, Mohsen; Zarrinabadi, Nourollah – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
This study investigated the relationship between need for closure and need for cognition and foreign language anxiety and enjoyment. The participants of the study were 232 EFL learners at a university in Iran. Self-report questionnaires on need for closure, need for cognition, foreign language classroom anxiety and foreign language enjoyment were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Cognitive Processes
Morgan, William Justin – ProQuest LLC, 2019
A large body of research in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) is dedicated to the effects of individual differences among language learners. One commonly studied factor is self-efficacy, and its related subcomponents of foreign language anxiety and second language (L2) motivation. However, specific pedagogical interventions to either enhance or…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
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Palinkaševic, M. A. Radmila; Brkic, M. A. Jovana – Research in Pedagogy, 2020
Language learning beliefs and foreign language classroom anxiety present two extremely important factors in language learning. This paper explores these two factors and their complex relationship in students at the Preschool Teacher Training College in Vrsac and Teacher Training Faculty in Belgrade (Vrsac campus). Both quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Likert Scales, Anxiety, Measures (Individuals)
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Özer, Selda – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2020
The study investigated the mediating role of anxiety in the predictiveness of students' attitude and motivation on their achievements in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) classes. A total of number of 424 students at the Faculty of Tourism in a state university in Turkey participated in the study in the Spring Semester of 2017-2018 academic…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
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Baykara, Tuba; Aksu Ataç, Bengü – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
The study focused on the attitudes of Turkish and foreign students' attitudes towards English language, and their English speaking anxiety. The study adopted case study research design based on quantitative data. The participants were 140 High School Students (70 Turkish, 70 foreign) at Turkish International Schools in Saudi Arabia, and were all…
Descriptors: High School Students, Language Attitudes, Positive Attitudes, Negative Attitudes
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Inphoo, Patcharapon; Nomnian, Singhanat – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2019
This paper aims at examining the extent to which the English drama inspired by the Northeastern Thai folklore "Pachit-Oraphim" in an English classroom can reduce high school students' classroom anxiety in speaking English. The participants were thirty-six students in the tenth and eleventh grades, who were enrolled in an English class…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction