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Download full textPfenninger, Simone E.; Lendl, Johanna – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
In this paper, we discuss the problem of articulation between levels in the educational system, as the transition from a rather more communicative, content-based and holistic approach to English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching at primary level to more formal and explicit ways of foreign language (FL) teaching at secondary is often experienced…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language)
Csillagh, Virág – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
Inspired by the unexpected results of a standardized questionnaire survey of Swiss university students' motivation and attitudes toward English, the paper discusses the influence of global and local contexts on language learners' motivation and identity. As a result of the unprecedented spread of English as a foreign language (Crystal, 2003;…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Statistical Analysis, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation
Farjami, Hadi – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012
In this paper, I will argue that awareness of images and metaphors held by foreign language learners about the nature of the target language and its learning can be of substantial value and provide teaching practitioners with useful insights about how to deal with various language learning problems. To elicit images which learners hold about…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Figurative 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
Murray, Garold – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
This paper explores pedagogical practices which can support the role of imagination in foreign language learning. Over the past decade, work on self and identity in motivation research--most notably Norton's (2001) imagined communities and Dörnyei's (2009) L2 motivational self system--has suggested that teachers might foster students' motivation…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Imagination
