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Zhuo Chen; Ping Zhang; Yi Lin; Yanxia Li – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The present study investigated the interactions of trait emotional intelligence (trait EI), foreign language anxiety (FLA), and foreign language enjoyment (FLE) in the foreign language speaking classroom. Data collected from 274 Chinese postgraduate EFL learners showed that the subjects generally had medium to high scores on global trait EI; in…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Second Language Learning, Language Attitudes, Anxiety
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McEown, Kristopher; Sugita-McEown, Maya – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
The role of positive and negative psychological factors in predicting effort and foreign language anxiety for languages other than English (LOTE) is not well understood. Therefore, two hundred twenty-one students attending a private university in Tokyo, Japan participated in a research study. Participants were studying one of four LOTEs,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Psychological Patterns, Anxiety, Private Colleges
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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