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Ely, Christopher M. – Language Learning, 1986
This study investigated a causal model of second language learning, in particular, three situation-specific constructs: language class discomfort, language class risktaking, and language class sociability. Findings indicate that discomfort negatively predicted risktaking and sociability, risktaking positively predicted participation, and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Research, Higher Education, Learning Motivation

Chapelle, Carol; Roberts, Cheryl – Language Learning, 1986
Reports on a study of the influence of cognitive/affective variables on the second language learning ability of adults. Two variables, field independence and ambiguity tolerance, were found to be significant predictors of English as a second language proficiency for international students studying in the United States. (SED)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Field Dependence Independence

Gu, Yongqi; Johnson, Robert Keith – Language Learning, 1996
Discusses an attempt to establish the vocabulary learning strategies used by Chinese university learners of English in Beijing and the relationship between their strategies and outcomes in learning English. Findings reveal that two metacognitive strategies emerged as positive predictors of vocabulary test scores and that visual repetition of new…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency