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Hiromi Nishioka – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2024
With rapid globalization, it is an urgent task for universities in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context to provide practical English education. Particularly, one that enables students to participate in the global society as well as the global business market. The challenge for these universities is to achieve this goal with limited class…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Csizér, Kata; Illés, Éva – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2020
Second language (L2) motivation research has been thriving for the past decades by emphasizing L2 motivation theories and describing the motivated learner, while relatively few studies have dealt with how to motivate students in a systematic way. Approaches in these studies either included investigations into the role of different motivational…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Multilingualism
Silvers, Stephen Mark – English Teaching Forum, 2023
Fun facts--facts that are interesting, unusual, and often little-known--are a popular form of entertainment throughout the world. There are countless books, TV quiz shows (Jeopardy!), board games (Trivial Pursuit), and museums (Ripley's Believe It or Not!) dedicated to trivia and the unusual that fascinate people of all ages. Short oral…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Seven, Mehmet Ali – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
People have several different reasons to learn a foreign language; people often learn a language for practical reasons while others have a particular love for the language and its people. Language teachers are often very aware of the career benefits that language proficiency can offer, but learning the language is just an abstract undertaking…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Teaching Methods
Liam Printer – Curriculum Journal, 2024
Motivation is repeatedly found to be a determining factor for achievement in language acquisition at school. Decades of Self-determination theory (SDT) research has shown that students exhibit higher levels of engagement and positive learning behaviours when their basic psychological needs of competence, autonomy and relatedness are satisfied,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Advanced Placement Programs, Second Language Instruction, Self Determination
Florian Hameau – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2024
If oral communication in a second language (L2) is considered a skill to be prioritized, it is also particularly anxiety-provoking for L2 learners. This is why their willingness to communicate, predicted in particular by the emotions experienced, has been the focus of recent studies to examine its evolution and factors likely to interact with it.…
Descriptors: Drama, Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Muir, Christine; Gümüs, Özge – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2020
Directed motivational currents (DMCs) encapsulate a unique motivational phenomenon. DMCs are highly positive, potent motivational experiences which can carry individuals or groups forwards to achieving valued goals at both a remarkable rate, and with a perceived feeling of seemingly 'effortless effort'. Although research into DMCs began under a…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Theories
Henry, Alastair – Language Teaching, 2021
With roots in social psychology, second language (L2) motivation has largely been investigated using self-report techniques. Studies drawing on observational data gathered in contexts where learning takes place are rare, and understandings of how motivation evolves in classroom interactions remain limited (Boo, Dörnyei, & Ryan, 2015). In a…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Second Language Learning, Educational Technology, Psycholinguistics
Luis F. Cisneros – HOW, 2024
Learning a foreign language incorporates cognitive, communicative, emotional, and social aspects. Some of these aspects have to do with the structure of the language being studied; some others deal with social and psychological issues that influence the environment where the learning process takes place. This reflection paper addresses various…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Learning Processes, Psychological Patterns
Dörnyei, Zoltán – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
The theoretical emphasis within the L2 Motivational Self System has typically been on the two future self-guides representing possible (ideal and ought-to) selves, leaving the third main dimension of the construct, the L2 Learning Experience, somewhat undertheorized. Yet, this third component is not secondary in importance, as evidenced by…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
Panagiotis Panagiotidis; Pinelopi Krystalli; Panagiotis Arvanitis – European Journal of Education (EJED), 2023
It is a common belief that engagement and motivation are crucial factors in learning and especially in language learning. In particular, increasing motivation can lead to the mobilization of students' personal, cognitive, emotional and behavioral resources and, consequently to better learning results. As digital technology has become more…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Second Language Learning, Student Motivation
Vlada, Nikitina; Sergey, Khromov; Fisenko, Olga – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
The current situation on the global education market bears the need for new approaches to learning Russian as a foreign language. The innovation concerns both professors and students' activity. The success in comprehension of scientific language is largely dependent on students' motivation to study the vocation-related language. The article covers…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Russian, Teaching Methods, Student Motivation
Muñoz-Restrepo, Ana; Ramirez, Marta; Gaviria, Sandra – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2020
Motivation is one of the most important factors in the enjoyment and success in learning any subject, especially a foreign language. Many students approach the learning of a language based on academic mandates, family impositions, job requirements, and so on. These non-intrinsic motivations make learning a more difficult, frustrating, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Yang, Xinyuan – TESOL Journal, 2022
Lack of interest in classroom activities, difficulty in understanding reading texts, and unfamiliarity with using reading strategies are the three major problems that negatively impact students' achievements in English as a foreign language (EFL) reading classes. This article considers integration of drama activities into EFL reading classes,…
Descriptors: Barriers, English (Second Language), Reading Instruction, Drama
Dizon, Gilbert – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
Since its inception in 2005, YouTube has grown to become one of the most trafficked online platforms in the world. Accordingly, second language (L2) research interest on the topic has also increased, with studies investigating its use in formal and informal settings. Given this, the goal of this conceptual paper is to identify patterns within L2…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods